Cognitive disorders in elderly patients with permanent atrial fibrillation

Kardiologia Polska

Volumn 67, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 487-493

  Wozakowska Kapłon, Beata ^a,b,d   Opolski, Grzegorz ^c   Kosior, Dariusz ^c   Jaskulska Niedziela, Elzbieta ^a   Maroszyńska Dmoch, Ewa ^a   Włosowicz, Monika ^a  

^a Swietokrzyskie Centre of Cardiology   (Poland)

^b JAN KOCHANOWSKI UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^d Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii Poland   (Poland)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cognitive disorders; Elderly population

Indexed keywords

ACENOCOUMAROL; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN 1 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; AGED; AGED HOSPITAL PATIENT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ATRIOVENTRICULAR BLOCK; CALCIUM ANTAGONISM; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DILATATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EMBOLISM PREVENTION; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SICK SINUS SYNDROME; SINUS RHYTHM; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 67049086523     PISSN: 00229032     EISSN: 00229032     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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