Association between excessive supraventricular ectopy and subclinical cerebrovascular disease: a population-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

The association between an increased supraventricular ectopic beat (SVEB) and subclinical cerebrovascular disease remains unclear. Given the emerging concept that an increased SVEB is a marker of atrial cardiomyopathy or atherosclerosis burden, we sought to determine whether excessive supraventricular ectopic activity (ESVEA) is associated with a higher burden of subclinical cerebrovascular disease in the middle-aged to older cohort with neither apparent stroke nor atrial fibrillation.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional population-based study of 462 men (mean age, 68.1 years) who underwent 24-h Holter electrocardiography and brain magnetic resonance imaging. ESVEA was defined as the presence of >10 SVEBs/h. Subclinical cerebrovascular diseases were

SUBMITTER: Hisamatsu T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6684823 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature