Atrial fibrillation is associated with reduced brain volume and cognitive function independent of cerebral infarcts

Stroke

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1020-1025

  Stefansdottir, Hrafnhildur ^a,e   Arnar, David O ^a,b   Aspelund, Thor ^a,c   Sigurdsson, Sigurdur ^c   Jonsdottir, Maria K ^a,c   Hjaltason, Haukur ^b   Launer, Lenore J ^d   Gudnason, Vilmundur ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^b LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^c ICELANDIC HEART ASSOCIATION   (Iceland)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Atrial fibrillation; Brain imaging; Cerebral infarct; Cognition

Indexed keywords

WARFARIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN SIZE; BRAIN TISSUE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; GRAY MATTER; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL FUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN; CEREBRAL INFARCTION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84876283004     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.12.679381     Document Type: Article

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