[PDF] Top 20 Atrial fibrillation and cognitive function: a case control study

... This study was designed to explore our hypothesis and determine the practicability of the test bat- ...present study was a community based project and therefore imaging was not ...larger study, MRI ... See full document

... In total, 177 patients were recruited in the study, with a mean age of 45.78±15.605 vs. 47.08±16.037 in cases and controls respectively. The ratio of female was higher in cases than in controls, 40% female ... See full document

... the study where newly developed cases mixed with established cases which might have years of ...Our study demonstrates an association between anemia and VHD ...our study, among metabolic diseases ... See full document

... with cognitive decline and dementia appears to be consistent only among patients with stroke and younger-old adults, 3–6 but not in very old people ...benefit cognitive function and delay de- mentia ... See full document

... the study population, 25 patients had isolated hypertension but not PAF, 24 had lone AF, and 28 hypertensive pa- tients with new-onset PAF, namely, those patients who have been first documented PAF episodes after ... See full document

... in case anything got ...any case, all of you made my time at the lab enjoyable even when I had some tedious hemichannel patch clamp recording or dual patch clamp recording to ... See full document

... male, 19 female; mean age 65 years). Of these, 18 were Malay, 16 Chinese and six Indian. Nineteen patients had previously known AF (seven with paroxysmal AF) and 21 were newly diagnosed cases. The principal associated ... See full document

... Continuous data are expressed as mean±SD. Categorical data are expressed as absolute numbers or percentages. Dif- ferences between the groups (control group, SR group, and AF group) were tested using unpaired ... See full document

... ventricular function is also obtained contrary to other kinds of cardiomyopathy in which the prognosis is bad ...the control group) who were treated optimally pharmacologically for 3 weeks before the ... See full document

... rhythm (SR) improves ventricular function in patients with heart failure [6]. These findings urge most intensivists to treat AF. Most intensivists may have adopted an AF treatment modality based on their ... See full document

... small study [28] suggested that intra- venous amiodarone may be more effective than quinidine in restoring sinus rhythm, but a recent meta-analysis [29] failed to demonstrate superiority of one drug class over ... See full document

... this study was calculated based on pertinent statistical assumptions, it was relatively small, limiting the drawing of robust conclu- ...this study was confined to patients with valvular AF, the ... See full document

... cohort study, compared atrial transport in patients whose SR was restored by maze with those in SR before and after cardiac ...The control cohort were patients in SR both before and at least one year ... See full document

... Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a heart disease characterized by a fast irregular atrial rhythm different from the normal cardiac rhythm controlled by the SA node (Severs et ...uncoordinated ... See full document

... a risk of both hemorrhage and thrombosis. In addition, the risks of hemorrhage and thromboembolism are significantly increased in very elderly patients compared with young elderly patients. Those patients aged 90 years ... See full document

... According to this study, the incremental QALYs and ICER in “trial-like” conditions for dabigatran versus warfarin were 0.21 and CA$10,440, respectively. In comparison, the incremental QALYs and ICER in ... See full document

... kidney function, presence of chronic dialysis or renal transplantation or serum creatinine $ 200 mmol/L; abnormal liver function, chronic hepatic disease (eg, cirrhosis) or biochemical evidence of ... See full document

... our study was that in- side the AF group hs-CRP could be of prognostic value for mortality within 6 months after ...Our study confirms the elevation of hs-CRP and the role of inflammation in both ... See full document

... Abstract: Atrial fibrillation is the most common of the serious cardiac rhythm disturbances and is responsible for substantial morbidity and ...rate control property in atrial ...for ... See full document

... with atrial fibrillation. During experimentally induced atrial fibrillation central aortic pulse pressure was measured in relation to the duration of the preceding diastolic interval, the ... See full document