Is atrial fibrillation related to dementia and its subtypes even if no clinical strokes have occurred?
Atrial fibrillation may be associated with dementia, Alzheimer's disease, and vascular dementia even in the absence of clinical strokes.
Dementia and subtypes Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia may be related to atrial fibrillation even if no clinical stokes have occurred.
Ott et al. (1997) studied this question.