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Atrial Fibrillation Patients Treated With Long‐Term Warfarin Anticoagulation Have Higher Rates of All Dementia Types Compared With Patients Receiving Long‐Term Warfarin for Other Indications

BACKGROUND: The mechanisms behind the association of atrial fibrillation (AF) and dementia are unknown. We previously found a significantly increased risk of dementia in AF patients taking warfarin with a low percentage of time in therapeutic range. The purpose of this study was to determine the ext...

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Autores principales: Bunch, T. Jared, May, Heidi T., Bair, Tami L., Crandall, Brian G., Cutler, Michael J., Day, John D., Jacobs, Victoria, Mallender, Charles, Osborn, Jeffrey S., Stevens, Scott M., Weiss, J. Peter, Woller, Scott C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5015414/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27402230
http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/JAHA.116.003932