Atrial Fibrillation and Cognitive Decline–The Role of Subclinical Cerebral Infarcts
Author(s) -
Lin Y. Chen,
Faye L. Lopez,
Rebecca F. Gottesman,
Rachel Huxley,
Sunil Agarwal,
Laura R. Loehr,
Thomas H. Mosley,
Álvaro Alonso
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/strokeaha.114.005243
Subject(s) - medicine , cognitive decline , digit symbol substitution test , subclinical infection , atrial fibrillation , confidence interval , stroke (engine) , cardiology , prospective cohort study , cohort study , cohort , dementia , pathology , alternative medicine , mechanical engineering , disease , engineering , placebo
The mechanism underlying the association of atrial fibrillation (AF) with cognitive decline in stroke-free individuals is unclear. We examined the association of incident AF with cognitive decline in stroke-free individuals, stratified by subclinical cerebral infarcts (SCIs) on brain MRI scans.
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