Low Cardiac Index Is Associated With Incident Dementia and Alzheimer Disease
Author(s) -
Angela L. Jefferson,
Alexa S. Beiser,
Jayandra J. Himali,
Sudha Seshadri,
Christopher J. O’Donnell,
Warren J. Manning,
Philip A. Wolf,
Rhoda Au,
Emelia J. Benjamin
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.114.012438
Subject(s) - medicine , dementia , hazard ratio , atrial fibrillation , cardiology , framingham heart study , diabetes mellitus , framingham risk score , stroke (engine) , proportional hazards model , disease , confidence interval , endocrinology , mechanical engineering , engineering
Cross-sectional epidemiological and clinical research suggests that lower cardiac index is associated with abnormal brain aging, including smaller brain volumes, increased white matter hyperintensities, and worse cognitive performances. Lower systemic blood flow may have implications for dementia among older adults.
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