Research Article

The Value of Contrast-Enhanced Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Detection of Cardiac Right-to-Left Shunt Related with Cryptogenic Stroke and Migraine

Table 1

Patient characteristics ().

CharacteristicsMigraine group ()CS group ()

Age (y)
Sex (female/male)188/142149/181
Diabetes (, %)14(4.2%)21 (6.3)
Hyperlipidemia (, %)18 (5.4%)22 (6.6%)
Hypertension (, %)13 (3.9%)16 (4.8%)
Arrhythmia (, %)12 (3.6%)13 (3.9%)

Age and sex were statistically significant in the two groups (); other characteristics were not statistically significant in the two groups.