Tag: dementia

Four out of 10 patients with atrial fibrillation have unknown brain...

Four out of ten patients with atrial fibrillation but no history of stroke or transient ischaemic attack have previously unknown brain damage, according to...

Stroke prevention drugs may help reduce dementia risk for atrial fibrillation...

Patients with atrial fibrillation could reduce the risk of dementia by taking stroke prevention medications, according to recommendations published online in EP Europace1, a...

Risk of dementia higher without oral anticoagulants for AF

A retrospective national Swedish registry study by Leif Friberg and MÃ¥rten Rosenqvist (Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden) has found that the risk of dementia is...