"MRI Brain Lesions in Patients with Afib Linked to Worse Cognitive Function" - Will Boggs
Overt and silent brain lesions on magnetic resonance imaging are associated with worse cognitive function in patients with atrial fibrillation according to a multicenter study. Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, professor of cardiology and radiology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, who co-authored an accompanying editorial said, “Although these findings invoked the necessity of more extensive imaging workup for the patients with cardiovascular disease, the cost associated with such a presumption would be prohibitive. The major motivation for a more extensive assessment is the potential for therapeutic intervention." Dr. Narula continued, “The evidence of the association of cardiovascular risk factors with cognitive dysfunction is convincing, and a strategy for prevention is intuitive, even though the clinical trial data that demonstrated the benefit of prevention of cardiovascular risk factors needs confirmation.”
— Jagat Narula, MD, PhD, Associate Dean, Global Affairs, Professor, Medicine, Cardiology, Radiology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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