Atrial fibrillation as a risk factor for cognitive impairment: A semi-systematic review

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 106, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 795-802

  Udompanich, S ^a   Lip, G Y H ^b   Apostolakis, S ^b   Lane, Deirdre A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AUTOPSY; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SIZE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HIPPOCAMPUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; ICD-9; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WECHSLER INTELLIGENCE SCALE; WECHSLER MEMORY SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; STROKE;

EID: 84888009249     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hct129     Document Type: Review

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