Association of Echocardiographic Measures of Left Atrial Function and Size With Incident Dementia

CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE: In this exploratory analysis of a US community-based cohort, several echocardiographic measures of lower LA function were significantly associated with an increased risk of subsequent dementia. Measures of LA size were not significantly associated with dementia risk. These findings suggest that impaired LA function may be a risk factor associated with dementia.PMID:35315884 | DOI:10.1001/jama.2022.2518

Source: Atherosclerosis - March 22, 2022 Category: Cardiology Authors: Wendy Wang Michael J Zhang Riccardo M Inciardi Faye L Norby Michelle C Johansen Romil Parikh Jeremy R Van't Hof Alvaro Alonso Elsayed Z Soliman Thomas H Mosley Rebecca F Gottesman Amil M Shah Scott D Solomon Lin Yee Chen Source Type: research