Cerebrovascular disease in dementia: the importance of atrial fibrillation
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Prospective post mortem series analyze cardiovascular impacts on cerebral infarction in demented patients, suggesting atrial fibrillation's significant role.
Key Points
- To analyze the relationship between cardiovascular disease, specifically atrial fibrillation, and cerebral infarction in demented patients.
- Prospective assessment of 48 demented patients through post mortem analysis.
- Evaluation of cardiovascular conditions affecting cerebral infarction.
- Atrial fibrillation identified as the most significant cardiac abnormality.
- Hypertension was uncommon among the studied group.
- Atrial fibrillation may have a greater role than hypertension in causing cerebral infarction in elderly patients.
Cite This Study
Ratcliffe et al. (1985) studied this question.