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. 2016 Aug;13(8):724-726.
doi: 10.11909/j.issn.1671-5411.2016.08.012.

Double-edged blinde, hemorrhagic or cardioembolic cognitive impairment

Levent Cerit  1 , Hatice Kemal  1 , Aziz Günsel  1 , Hamza Duygu  1
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Double-edged blinde, hemorrhagic or cardioembolic cognitive impairment

Levent Cerit et al. J Geriatr Cardiol. 2016 Aug.
No abstract available

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation; Cognitive function; Embolism; Haemorrhagia.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.. Comparison of assessment of the risk of thromboembolic events in patients with atrial fibrillation (scale CHA2DS2-VASc) in groups with different levels of cognitive impairment (MMSE questionnaire) and the result of Kruskal-Wallis.
MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.. Correlation between the risk of thromboembolic events in patients with atrial fibrillation (CHA2DS2-VASc) and the level of cognitive impairment (MMSE questionnaire) and the value of the correlation coefficient Spearman.
MMSE: Mini Mental State Examination.
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