Coronary Artery Calcification: A Canary in the Cognitive Coalmine

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¹ LC Campbell Cognitive Neurology Unit, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, University Health Network Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² LC Campbell Cognitive Neurology Unit, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine (Neurology), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: sandra.black@sunnybrook.ca.

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Walter Swardfager et al. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2016.

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. 2016 Mar 8;67(9):1023-1026.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2016.01.007.

¹ LC Campbell Cognitive Neurology Unit, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Cardiac Rehabilitation Program, University Health Network Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
² LC Campbell Cognitive Neurology Unit, Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Department of Medicine (Neurology), Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre & University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address: sandra.black@sunnybrook.ca.

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Keywords: Alzheimer's disease; aging; calcium; coronary artery; dementia; mortality; vascular risk factors.

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