Atrial fibrillation and mild cognitive impairment: What correlation?

Minerva Cardioangiologica

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-150

  Puccio, D ^a   Novo, G ^a,b   Baiamonte, V ^a   Nuccio, A ^a   Fazio, G ^a   Corrado, E ^a   Coppola, G ^a   Muratori, I ^a   Vernuccio, L ^a   Novo, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anticoagulants; Atrial fibrillation; Dementia

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING SCALE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GLOBAL DETERIORATION SCALE; HACHINSKI ISCHEMIC SCORE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITY OF DAILY LIVING; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINUS RHYTHM;

EID: 67649664017     PISSN: 00264725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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