Increased prevalence of silent myocardial ischaemia and severe ventricular arrhythmias in untreated patients with Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment without overt coronary artery disease

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 791-796

  Zulli, Roberto ^a   Nicosia, Franco ^a   Borroni, Barbara ^a   Agosti, Chiara ^a   Prometti, Paola ^a   Donati, Paolo ^a   De Vecchi, Massimiliano ^a   Turini, Daniele ^a   Romanelli, Giuseppe ^a   Grassi, Vittorio ^a   Padovani, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Mild cognitive impairment; QT dispersion; Silent myocardial ischaemia; Ventricular arrhythmias

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY MONITORING; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLE ARRHYTHMIA; HEART VENTRICLE EXTRASYSTOLE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; QT DISPERSION; SILENT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; SMOKING HABIT; STROKE PATIENT; SUDDEN DEATH;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARRHYTHMIAS, CARDIAC; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; COGNITION DISORDERS; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MYOCARDIAL ISCHEMIA; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 49749121449     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2008.05.002     Document Type: Article

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