Neuropathologic changes associated with atrial fibrillation in a population-based autopsy cohort

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 69 A, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 609-615

  Dublin, Sascha ^a,b   Anderson, Melissa L ^b   Heckbert, Susan R ^a,b   Hubbard, Rebecca A ^a,c   Sonnen, Joshua A ^b   Crane, Paul K ^d   Montine, Thomas J ^b   Larson, Eric B ^a,d  

^a GROUP HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c Department of Biostatistics ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Brain aging; Cardiac arrhythmias; Cardiovascular.; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ALZHEIMER'S; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN AGING; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS; CARDIOVASCULAR.; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; VERY ELDERLY;

ALZHEIMER'S; BRAIN AGING; CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS; CARDIOVASCULAR.; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; AUTOPSY; BRAIN; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 84899052335     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt141     Document Type: Article

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