Catheter ablation of AF in patients with optimized oral anticoagulation therapy was associated with a reduction in dementia diagnosis, even after adjustment for potential confounders and for competing risk of death.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- left atrial appendage
- oral anticoagulants
- direct oral anticoagulants
- mild cognitive impairment
- heart failure
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- cognitive impairment
- mesenchymal stem cells
- risk assessment
- acute coronary syndrome
- cell therapy
- mitral valve
- bone marrow