Prevalence of silent cerebral ischemia in paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation and correlation with cognitive function

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Volumn 62, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 1990-1997

  Gaita, Fiorenzo ^a   Corsinovi, Laura ^a   Anselmino, Matteo ^a   Raimondo, Cristina ^a   Pianelli, Martina ^a   Toso, Elisabetta ^a   Bergamasco, Laura ^b   Boffano, Carlo ^c   Valentini, Maria Consuelo ^d   Cesarani, Federico ^e   Scaglione, Marco ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^d Azienda Ospedaliera Città della Salute e della Scienza   (Italy)

^e Cardinal Guglielmo Massaia Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

cognitive function; paroxysmal and persistent atrial fibrillation; silent cerebral ischemia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; IMAGING SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PAROXYSMAL HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PERSISTENT HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPEATABLE BATTERY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS; SILENT CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; SINUS RHYTHM;

AF; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CI; COGNITIVE FUNCTION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FLAIR; FLUID-ATTENUATED INVERSION RECOVERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MR; ODDS RATIO; OR; PAROXYSMAL AND PERSISTENT ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; RBANS; REPEATABLE BATTERY FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL STATUS; SCI; SILENT CEREBRAL ISCHEMIA; SINUS RHYTHM; SR;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; HUMANS;

EID: 84888245963     PISSN: 07351097     EISSN: 15583597     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2013.05.074     Document Type: Article

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