Why the study?
Does heart failure increase the risk of dementia compared to the general population?
Population
324,418 patients with a first-time hospitalization for heart failure between 1980 and 2012 and 1,622,079…
Comparison
First-time hospitalization for heart failure vs Year of birth-, sex-, and calendar year-matched…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
1-35 years
Authors
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May support cognitive monitoring in heart failure; extends observational links to dementia but leaves causality and interventions open.
Does heart failure increase the risk of dementia compared to the general population?
Heart failure is associated with a 21% increased risk of all-cause dementia, driven by vascular and other dementias rather than Alzheimer's disease.
Adelborg et al. (2016) studied this question.
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