Risk of dementia in patients with atrial fibrillation: Short versus long follow-up. A systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

No previous meta-analyses have compared the risk of dementia, due to an underlying atrial fibrillation (AF), in the short-term versus the long-term period.

Aim

To perform an update meta-analysis of studies examining the association between AF and dementia and the relative impact of follow-up period.

Methods

Data were obtained searching MEDLINE and Scopus for all investigations published between 1 January 2000 and March 1, 2021 reporting the risk of dementia in AF patients. The following MeSH terms were used for the search: "Atrial Fibrillation" AND "Dementia" OR "Alzheimer's disease". From each study, the adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) with the related 95% confidence interval (CI) was pooled using a random effect model.

Results

The analysis was carried

SUBMITTER: Zuin M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8518611 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature