Thea Vigen

Atrial cardiomyopathy and MRI-detected covert brain infarction in an elderly population-based cohort: the Akershus Cardiac Examination 1950 study

Abstract Introduction Atrial fibrillation is associated with both clinical stroke and covert brain infarction (CBI). Atrial cardiomyopathy has been proposed in absence of atrial fibrillation as an independent stroke risk factor, but supporting evidence is limited. This study aime...