Atrial fibrillation incrementally increases dementia risk across all CHADS2 and CHA2DS2VASc strata in patients receiving long-term warfarin

Patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) are at higher risk for developing dementia. Warfarin is a common therapy for the prevention of thromboembolism in AF, valve replacement, and thrombosis patients. The extent to which AF itself increases dementia risk remains unknown. A total 6030 patients with n...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American heart journal 2017-06, Vol.188, p.93-98
Hauptverfasser:	Graves, Kevin G., May, Heidi T., Jacobs, Victoria, Bair, Tami L., Stevens, Scott M., Woller, Scott C., Crandall, Brian G., Cutler, Michael J., Day, John D., Mallender, Charles, Osborn, Jeffrey S., Peter Weiss, J., Jared Bunch, T.
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Sprache:	eng
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