TY  - JOUR
AU  - Herm, Juliane
AU  - Schirdewan, Alexander
AU  - Koch, Lydia
AU  - Wutzler, Alexander
AU  - Fiebach, Jochen B
AU  - Endres, Matthias
AU  - Kopp, Ute A
AU  - Haeusler, Karl Georg
TI  - Impact of atrial fibrillation burden on cognitive function after left atrial ablation - Results of the MACPAF study.
JO  - Journal of clinical neuroscience
VL  - 73
SN  - 0967-5868
CY  - Burlington, Mass.
PB  - Harcourt
M1  - DZNE-2020-00354
SP  - 168-172
PY  - 2020
AB  - Atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with cognitive decline and dementia irrespective of AF-related ischemic stroke. We investigated whether AF burden after ablation in patients with symptomatic paroxysmal AF has an impact on cognitive function. After enrolment to the prospective MACPAF study, study patients received an insertable loop recorder (ILR) and underwent serial neurological/cognitive assessment. To compare cognitive function, the delta of baseline and six months test results (Δpre/post) and a score to assess overall cognitive performance were computed. Thirty patients (median age 65 years (IQR 57-69), 40
KW  - Aged
KW  - Atrial Fibrillation: complications
KW  - Atrial Fibrillation: physiopathology
KW  - Atrial Fibrillation: surgery
KW  - Catheter Ablation: methods
KW  - Cognition
KW  - Cognition Disorders: epidemiology
KW  - Cognition Disorders: etiology
KW  - Female
KW  - Humans
KW  - Male
KW  - Middle Aged
KW  - Prospective Studies
KW  - Treatment Outcome
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:31992513
DO  - DOI:10.1016/j.jocn.2019.12.030
UR  - https://pub.dzne.de/record/144990
ER  -