Increased beat-to-beat variability of cerebral microcirculatory perfusion during atrial fibrillation: a near-infrared spectroscopy study.
Andrea SagliettoStefania ScarsoglioDaniela CanovaSilvestro RoattaNefer GianottoAlessandro PiccottiSimone FranzinFiorenzo GaitaGaetano Maria De FerrariLuca RidolfiMatteo AnselminoPublished 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 (2021)
The present is the first in vivo demonstration that SR restoration by ECV significantly reduces the burden of extreme single-beat haemodynamic events in cerebral microcirculation. Future studies are needed to assess whether SR maintenance might slow long-term AFib-correlated cognitive decline/dementia.
Keyphrases
- cognitive decline
- mild cognitive impairment
- heart rate
- atrial fibrillation
- subarachnoid hemorrhage
- heart failure
- climate change
- cerebral ischemia
- blood pressure
- current status
- left atrial appendage
- computed tomography
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- direct oral anticoagulants
- magnetic resonance
- venous thromboembolism
- case control
- left ventricular
- blood brain barrier