Junctional bradycardia is a potential risk factor of stroke

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Table 3 Clinical information in patients with thromboembolic events

Patients number	Age	Sex	Group	Heart rate (/min)	Thromboembolic events	Underlying disease
1	74	Female	Control	70	Stroke	HTN, CAD
2	74	Female	Control	66	Stroke	HTN, DM
3	80	Male	Control	80	Ischemic colitis	HTN, DM
4	79	Male	Control	56	Stroke	HTN, DM, CAD
5	65	Female	JB with P	40	Renal infarction	HTN
6	66	Female	JB without P	40	TIA	none
7	73	Male	JB without P	46	PAD	HTN, CAD (s/p CABG)
8	80	Male	JB without P	50	Pulmonary embolism	HTN, DM, CKD, CAD (s/p CABG)
9	70	Male	JB without P	48	Stroke	HTN, DM, s/p MVR
10	86	Male	JB without P	50	TIA	HTN
11	80	Male	JB without P	52	Stroke	HTN, DM, CKD (s/p kidney transplantation), CAD
12	78	Female	JB without P	56	Stroke	HTN, DM, CAD
13	88	Female	JB without P	46	Stroke	HTN, DM, CKD, CAD

CABG coronary artery bypass graft surgery, CAD coronary artery disease, CKD chronic kidney disease, DM diabetes mellitus, HTN hypertension, JB junctional bradycardia, LAD left anterior descending, MVR mitral valve repair, P P wave, PAD peripheral artery disease, SCD sudden cardiac death, TIA transient ischemic attack

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