Key result
Patients with dementia share common risk factors with coronary artery disease but experience underutilization of optimal cardiovascular care, warranting further research.
Highlights the underutilization of contemporary cardiovascular care in patients with dementia and calls for further research to optimize their management.
Underutilization of optimal CAD care in dementia patients highlights potential gaps; this observational link leaves open whether targeted strategies improve outcomes.
Our population is ageing. The prevalence of dementia is increasing as the population ages. Dementia is known to share many common risk factors with coronary artery disease including age, genetics, smoking, the components of the metabolic syndrome and inflammation. Despite the growing ageing population with dementia, there is underutilization of optimal care (pharmacotherapy and interventional procedures) in this cohort. Given common risk factors and potential benefit, patients with cognitive impairment and dementia should be offered contemporary care. However, further research evaluating optimal care in this patient cohort is warranted.
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Fowkes et al. (2016) conducted a review in Coronary artery disease and dementia. Patients with dementia share common risk factors with coronary artery disease but experience underutilization of optimal cardiovascular care, warranting further research.
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