fa بررسی یافته‌های اکوکاردیوگرافی در بیماران مبتلا به حوادث عروق مغزی حاد مقاله پژوهشی Original Research Article <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong><em>Background and Objective:</em></strong> Cerebrovascular accidents are one of the most common causes of disability and mortality in human population all over the world. Several factors such as age, sex, hypertension, hyperlipidemia and heart diseases are risk factors for stroke. <span dir="RTL">ِ</span>Due to high prevalence of cerebrovascular accidents and its related risk factors and particularly heart diseases, we decided to study echocardiography findings in patients with cerebrovascular accidents.<br> <strong><em>Materials and Methods:</em></strong> This descriptive study was conducted on 372 cerebrovascular patients who had been admitted to Zanjan Vali-e-Asr hospital in 2008. The data such as gender, age, type of cerebrovascular accidents, underlying disease and findings of echocardiography were collected and then they analyzed by appropriate software.<br> <strong><em>Results:</em></strong> Of 372 patients, 181 were men (48.6%) and 191 were women (51.4%). Systolic function in 321 cases (86.3%) was normal and it was abnormal in 51 cases (13.7%). Diastolic function in 304 cases (81.9%) was normal and in 68 cases (18.1%) was abnormal. Twenty -two cases had mitral stenosis and 198 patients had mitral regurgitation, whereas 23 cases showed both of them. Nine cases had aortic stenosis; similarly 80 cases were found with aortic regurgitation and only 5 cases had both of them. 165 cases were found with tricuspid regurgitation, while 1 case had both regurgitation and stenosis. Sixty- three cases had ejection fraction below 40%. In one case there was a clot.<br> <strong><em>Conclusion:</em></strong> High frequency of abnormal echocardiography findings in stroke leading to cardiac disorders is one of the most important risk factor of stroke. Thus, with echocardiography which is a non-invasive technique, many of heart problems can be diagnosed and consequently occurrence of cerebrovascular accidents can be prevented or treated.</p> Stroke, Echocardiography, Risk factor 58 65 http://journal.zums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-4-580&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Farhad Golipuor فرهاد گلی پور drfgolipour@Yahoo.com 5200319475328460060158 5200319475328460060158 Yes Dept. of Neurology, Vali-e-Asr Hospital, Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran متخصص بیماری‌های مغز و اعصاب، استادیار دانشگاه علوم پزشکی زنجان Afarin Zamani آفرین زمانی 5200319475328460060159 5200319475328460060159 No Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran پزشک عمومی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی زنجان Masoumeh Zarrineh معصومه زرینه 5200319475328460060160 5200319475328460060160 No Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran پزشک عمومی، دانشگاه علوم پزشکی زنجان