Heart disease as a risk factor for dementia
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Abstract: As life expectancy lengthens, dementia is becoming a significant human condition in terms of its prevalence and cost to society worldwide. It is important in that context to understand the preventable and treatable causes of dementia. This article exposes the link between dementia and heart disease in all its forms, including coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, valvular disease, and heart failure. This article also explores the cardiovascular risk factors and emphasizes that several of them are preventable and treatable. In addition to medical therapies, the lifestyle changes that may be useful in retarding the onset of dementia are also summarized. Keywords: Alzheimer’s disease, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, valvular disease, heart failure, cardiovascular risk factors, prevention
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Other causes of cognitive impairment induced by global reductions in cerebral perfusion include cardiac arrest, severe cardiac failure, arrhythmias, and severe hypotension.
“Other causes of cognitive impairment induced by global reductions in cerebral perfusion include cardiac arrest, severe cardiac failure, arrhythmias, and severe hypotension. 91-94”
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- Authors
- Hakim, A., Ng, & Turek
- Affiliations
- Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (CA)
- University of Ottawa (CA)
- Corresponding author
- Hakim, Antoine
- Venue
- Clinical Epidemiology
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2013-04
- Volume
- 5
- Pages
- 135
- ISSN
- 1179-1349 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC3641811
- OpenAlex
- W2005204638
- Cited by
- 229
- References
- 190
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- FWCI
- 8.30
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Clinical Epidemiology (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc)
- Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine › Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Neurology › Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
- Keywords
- dementia, heart disease, Alzheimer's disease, coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction, atrial fibrillation, valvular heart disease, heart failure, cardiovascular risk factors, dementia prevention, lifestyle modification
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