Atrial Fibrillation, Stroke, and Silent Cerebrovascular Disease: A Population-based MRI Study.
Lina RydénSimona SacuiuHanna WetterbergJenna NajarXinxin GuoSilke KernAnna ZettergrenSara ShamsJoana B PereiraLars-Olof WahlundErik WestmanIngmar SkoogPublished in: Neurology (2021)
AF was associated with a broad range of cerebrovascular pathologies. Further research is needed to establish whether cerebrovascular MRI markers can be added to current treatment guidelines to further personalize anticoagulant treatment in patients with AF and to further characterize the pathogenetic processes underlying the associations between AF and cerebrovascular diseases, as well as dementia.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- oral anticoagulants
- left atrial
- catheter ablation
- magnetic resonance imaging
- left atrial appendage
- direct oral anticoagulants
- heart failure
- contrast enhanced
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- mild cognitive impairment
- venous thromboembolism
- combination therapy
- clinical practice
- cognitive impairment
- coronary artery disease
- magnetic resonance
- diffusion weighted imaging
- mitral valve