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.