Longitudinal Trajectories of Cognitive Decline among Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease | Zendy

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Longitudinal Trajectories of Cognitive Decline among Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease

Author(s) -

Ozioma C. Okonkwo,

Ronald A. Cohen,

John Gunstad,

Geoffrey Tremont,

Michael L. Alosco,

Athena Poppas

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

cerebrovascular diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.221

H-Index - 104

eISSN - 1421-9786

pISSN - 1015-9770

DOI - 10.1159/000319564

Subject(s) - medicine , cognitive decline , cognition , disease , gerontology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , physical therapy , dementia , psychiatry

The long-term course of cognitive impairments secondary to cardiovascular disease (CVD) is unclear. In this study, we prospectively investigated the temporal pattern, rate and hierarchy of cognitive decline attributable to CVD--a risk factor for the development of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI)--and examined the influence of cardiac surgery and heart failure on cognitive decline.

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