Table 2.

Prevalence of specific Echocardiogram findings of interest in 1377 AIS patients with both cTn level and Echocardiogram performed

Echocardiogram findings of interest in AIS (TTE n=1217, TEE n=73, Both n=84, Unknown n=3)	Total (n=1377)	Positive Troponin (n=295)	Negative Troponin (n=1082)	P-value†
Intracardiac thrombus	12 (0.9%)	6 (2.0%)	6 (0.6%)	0.03
Valvular vegetation	8 (0.6%)	6 (2.0%)	2 (0.2%)	0.002
Low ejection fraction ≤ 35%	107 (7.8%)	48 (16.3%)	59 (5.5%)	<0.0001
Akinetic wall segment	50 (3.6%)	23 (7.8%)	27 (2.5%)	<0.001
Left ventricular aneurysm	1 (0.1%)	0 (0%)	1 (0.1%)	0.99
Spontaneous echo contrast “Smoke”	1 (0.1%)	0 (0%)	1 (0.1%)	0.99
Any abnormality above*	147 (10.7%)	68 (23.0%)	79 (7.3%)	<0.0001

^*Patients may have multiple abnormalities,

^†positive vs negative troponin