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Design of the Swiss Atrial Fibrillation Cohort Study (Swiss-AF): structural brain damage and cognitive decline among patients with atrial fibrillation

Published inSwiss Medical Weekly, vol. 147, w14467
Publication date2017
Abstract

Several studies found that patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) have an increased risk of cognitive decline and dementia over time. However, the magnitude of the problem, associated risk factors and underlying mechanisms remain unclear.

Keywords
  • Aged
  • Atrial Fibrillation/complications/pathology/psychology
  • Brain/diagnostic imaging/pathology
  • Brain Diseases/diagnostic imaging/etiology/psychology
  • Clinical Protocols
  • Cognitive Dysfunction/diagnostic imaging/etiology
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Genotype
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging/methods
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Prospective Studies
  • Quality of Life
  • Research Design
  • Risk Factors
  • Switzerland
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CONEN, David et al. Design of the Swiss Atrial Fibrillation Cohort Study (Swiss-AF): structural brain damage and cognitive decline among patients with atrial fibrillation. In: Swiss Medical Weekly, 2017, vol. 147, p. w14467. doi: 10.4414/smw.2017.14467
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Journal ISSN1424-7860
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