Does coronary heart disease increase the risk of developing cognitive impairment or dementia?
Coronary heart disease is prospectively associated with an increased risk of developing cognitive impairment or dementia, highlighting the clinical importance of the heart-brain connection.
This meta-analysis suggests that coronary heart disease is prospectively associated with increased odds of developing cognitive impairment or dementia. Given the projected worldwide increase in the number of people affected by coronary heart disease and dementia, insight into causal mechanisms or common pathways underlying the heart-brain connection is needed.
Deckers et al. (Fri,) studied this question.