Role of ventricular rate response on dementia in cognitively impaired elderly subjects with atrial fibrillation: A 10-year study

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 34, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 143-148

  Cacciatore, Francesco ^a,b   Testa, Gianluca ^c   Langellotto, Assunta ^a   Galizia, Gianluigi ^b   Della Morte, David ^b,d   Gargiulo, Gaetano ^a   Bevilacqua, Agnese ^a   Del Genio, Maria Teresa ^a   Canonico, Vincenzo ^a   Rengo, Franco ^a,b   Abete, Pasquale ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MOLISE   (Italy)

^d IRCCS SAN RAFFAELE PISANA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Cardiac output; Cognitive impairment; Incidence dementia; Rate ventricular response

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; WARFARIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR PARAMETERS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HOLTER MONITORING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSE PRESSURE; VENTRICULAR RATE RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY, AMBULATORY; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866143307     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: 14219824     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000342195     Document Type: Article

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