Association of Left Atrial Enlargement and Atrial Fibrillation With Cognitive Function and Decline: The ARIC‐NCS

Association of Left Atrial Enlargement and Atrial Fibrillation With Cognitive Function and Decline: The ARIC‐NCS

Background Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with cognitive decline. Whether left atrial enlargement (LAE), a critical substrate for AF, is also associated is less well established. Therefore, we assessed the association of LAE and AF with cognitive decline in the ARIC‐NCS (Atherosclerosis Risk...

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Main Authors: Michael J. Zhang, Faye L. Norby, Pamela L. Lutsey, Thomas H. Mosley, Rebecca J. Cogswell, Suma H. Konety, Tze‐Fan Chao, Amil M. Shah, Scott D. Solomon, Alvaro Alonso, Lin Y. Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2019-12-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
atrial fibrillation
cognition
epidemiology
left atrial volume index
longitudinal cohort study
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.119.013197

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