Cerebrovascular disease in dementia: the importance of atrial fibrillation.
The relationship between cardiovascular disease and cerebral infarction was analysed in a prospectively assessed post mortem series of 48 demented patients. Hypertension was rare in this group of patients whose mean age was 82.7 y. Atrial fibrillation was the most important underlying cardiac abnorm...
Main Authors: | Ratcliffe, P, Wilcock, G |
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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BMJ Publishing Group
1985
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