Ablation of atrial fibrillation and dementia risk reduction during long-term follow-up: a nationwide population-based study.
Guan Yi LiYun-Yu Amelia ChenYenn Jiang LinKuo Liong ChienYu Cheng HsiehJennifer-Jeanne B ViceraLi-Wei LoShih-Lin ChangAbigail Louise D TeYu Feng HuYenn-Jiang LinShih-Ann ChenPublished in: Europace : European pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac electrophysiology : journal of the working groups on cardiac pacing, arrhythmias, and cardiac cellular electrophysiology of the European Society of Cardiology (2023)
Patients with AF have a higher incidence of all types of dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia, and a mixed type of dementia. Alzheimer's disease is less likely to occur in patients with AF undergoing catheter ablation.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- mild cognitive impairment
- cognitive decline
- left atrial
- cognitive impairment
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- risk factors
- coronary artery disease
- left ventricular
- venous thromboembolism
- acute coronary syndrome
- mitral valve
- radiofrequency ablation