Pattern of Atrial Fibrillation and Cognitive Function in Young Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Low CHADS2 Score: Insights From the BRAIN-AF Trial

Pattern of Atrial Fibrillation and Cognitive Function in Young Patients With Atrial Fibrillation and Low CHADS₂ Score: Insights From the BRAIN-AF Trial

Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2022 Feb;15(2):e010462. doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.121.010462. Epub 2022 Jan 28.

Tudor Vrinceanu^{1

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3}, Paul Khairy¹, Denis Roy¹, Marie Payer^{1

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3}, Christine Gagnon^{1

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3}, Navin Kaushal⁴, Mario Talajic¹, Jean-Claude Tardif^{1

2}, Stanley Nattel¹, Sandra E Black⁵, Jeffrey Healey⁶, Sylvain Lanthier¹, Jason Andrade, Fadi Massoud¹, Isabelle Nault⁷, Marie-Claude Guertin², Paul Dorian⁸, Simon Kouz², Vidal Essebag⁹, Kenneth A Ellenbogen¹⁰, Normand Racine¹, Anna Nozza², Louis Bherer^{1

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3}, Léna Rivard^{1

2}

¹ Department of Medicine (T.V., P.K., D.R., M.P., C.G., M.T., J.-C.T., S.N., S.L., F.M., N.R., L.B., L.R.), Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
² Research Centre, Montreal Heart Institute (T.V., M.P., C.G., J.-C.T., M.-C.G., S.K., A.N., L.B., L.R.), Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Research Centre, Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Quebec, Canada (T.V., M.P., C.G., L.B.).
⁴ Department of Health Sciences, School of Health and Human Sciences, Indiana University, Indianapolis (N.K.).
⁵ Department of Medicine (Neurology), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (S.E.B.).
⁶ University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada (J.A.).
⁷ Institut Universitaire de Cardiologie et Pneumologie de Québec, Canada (I.N.).
⁸ Terrence Donnelly Heart Centre, St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada (P.D.).
⁹ McGill University Health Centre, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Quebec, Canada (V.E.).
¹⁰ Division of Cardiology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond (K.A.E.).

No abstract available

Keywords: aging; atrial fibrillation; comorbidities; health; prevention.