Atrial fibrillation: A major risk factor for cognitive decline

American Heart Journal

Volumn 169, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 448-456

  Hui, Dawn S ^a   Morley, John E ^b   Mikolajczak, Peter C ^a   Lee, Richard ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIARRHYTHMIC AGENT; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR EFFECT; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART RHYTHM; HEART SURGERY; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MEDLINE; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOSIS; ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; HEALTH; INCIDENCE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84927581555     PISSN: 00028703     EISSN: 10976744     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2014.12.015     Document Type: Review

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