Reducing the Risk of Dementia in Atrial Fibrillation

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Sharath Kumar et al. JACC Asia. 2023.

. 2023 Oct 17;3(5):787-789.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacasi.2023.09.001. eCollection 2023 Oct.

¹ Cardiac Electrophysiology Section, Department of Cardiology, AIG Institute of Cardiac Sciences and Research, Hyderabad, India.

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Keywords: anticoagulation; atrial fibrillation; dementia.

Conflict of interest statement

The authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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