Atrial Fibrillation Is Associated With Lower Cognitive Performance in the Framingham Offspring Men

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 214-222

  Elias, Merrill F ^a,b   Sullivan, Lisa M ^c   Elias, Penelope K ^b   Vasan, Ramachandran S ^d,e   D'Agostino Sr , Ralph B ^c,e   Seshadri, Sudha ^d,e   Au, Rhoda ^d,e   Wolf, Philip A ^d,e   Benjamin, Emelia J ^d,e  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation cognition cognitive performance male cardiovascular diseases cardiovascular epidemiology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SINUS RHYTHM; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748455067     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2006.05.009     Document Type: Article

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