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ArticleJournal of thrombosis and thrombolysis2021

Factors influencing cognitive performance after 1-year treatment with direct oral anticoagulant in patients with atrial fibrillation and previous ischemic stroke: a pilot study.

Manuel Cappellari, Stefano Forlivesi, Chiara Zucchella, Valeria Valbusa, Giulia Sajeva, Anna Maria Musso, Nicola Micheletti, Giampaolo Tomelleri, Tommaso Bovi, Bruno Bonetti and 1 more

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Article in Journal of thrombosis and thrombolysis, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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11 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Manuel CappellariNeurology and Stroke Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy. manuel_cappellari@libero.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3534-3201
Stefano ForlivesiIRCCS Istituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna, Neurology and Stroke Unit, Maggiore Hospital, Bologna, Italy.
Chiara ZucchellaNeurology and Stroke Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
Valeria ValbusaNeurology and Stroke Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
Giulia SajevaNeurology and Stroke Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
Anna Maria MussoNeurology and Stroke Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
Nicola MichelettiNeurology and Stroke Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
Giampaolo TomelleriNeurology and Stroke Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
Tommaso BoviNeurology and Stroke Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
Bruno BonettiNeurology and Stroke Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
Paolo BoviNeurology and Stroke Unit, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata, Verona, Italy.
Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Integrata Verona · ITIstituto delle Scienze Neurologiche di Bologna · IT

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Abstract

Anticoagulant treatment as stroke prevention, particularly direct oral anticoagulant (DOAC), may reduce the risk of dementia in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF). We aimed to assess factors influencing cognitive performance after 1-year treatment with DOAC in patients with AF and previous ischemic stroke. We recruited 33 ischemic stroke patients who were discharged from Verona Stroke Unit with diagnosis of AF and prescription of treatment with DOAC. For each cognitive test, we estimated the effect of T0 (first session) variables on T1 (1-year session) cognitive performance using ordinal logistic regression fitted to a 1 point-shift from 4 to 0 on ESs. The effect of T0 clinical variables was presented as odds ratio (OR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) after adjustment for T0 total score of the corresponding cognitive test. Sustained AF (OR: 4.259, 95% CI 1.071-16.942) and ischemic heart disease (OR: 6.654, 95% CI 1.329-33.300) showed a significant effect on T1 MoCA Test; congestive heart failure on T1 RAVLT Immediate recall (OR: 9.128, 95% CI 1.055-78.995), T1 RAVLT Delayed recall (OR: 7.134, 95% CI 1.214-52.760), and T1 Trail Making Test (Part A) (OR: 16.989, 95% CI 1.765-163.565); sustained AF (OR: 5.055, 95% CI 1.224-20.878) and hyperlipidemia (OR: 4.764, 95% CI 1.175-19.310) on T1 Digit span forward Test; ischemic heart disease (aOR: 8.460, 95% CI 1.364-52.471) on T1 Stroop Color and Word Test (time); Dabigatran use (aOR: 0.084, 95% CI 0.013-0.544) on FAB; age ≥ 75 years (aOR: 0.058, 95% CI 0.006-0.563) and hyperlipidemia (aOR: 5.809, 95% CI 1.059-31.870) on T1 Phonemic word fluency Test; female sex (aOR: 6.105, 95% CI 1.146-32.519), hyperlipidemia (aOR: 21.099, 95% CI 2.773-160.564), total Modified Fazekas Scale score > 1 (aOR: 78.530, 95% CI 3.131-1969.512) on Semantic word fluency Test. Sustained AF, ischemic heart disease, congestive heart failure, hyperlipidemia, and female sex were the factors influencing cognitive performance after 1-year treatment with DOAC in patients with AF and previous ischemic stroke. Modified Fazekas Scale score in the first session was the only radiological variable that had a significant effect on cognitive performance.

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Atrial FibrillationDementiaIschemic StrokeAgedCognitionDabigatranDuration of TherapyFactor Xa InhibitorsFemaleHeart FailureHumansHyperlipidemiasItalyMaleMyocardial IschemiaNeuropsychological TestsDabigatranFactor Xa InhibitorsAtrial fibrillationCognitive impairmentDementiaDirect oral anticoagulantStroke

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