Outcomes Among Valvular Heart Disease Patients Experiencing Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack in Olmsted County, Minnesota

Patients with mitral or aortic valvular heart disease who experience ischemic stroke, TIA, or amaurosis fugax have increased rates of death, but not recurrent stroke, compared with expected rates. Other cardiovascular risk factors are more important determinants of survival in these patients than the type or echocardiographic severity of the valvular heart disease.