Echocardiographic measures of lower left atrial function were significantly associated with an increased risk of subsequent dementia, experts reported in JAMA.
“Although the evidence linking atrial myopathy to adverse cardiovascular outcomes is compelling, less is known about the association of atrial myopathy with dementia,” Wendy Wang, MPH, a research assistant at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health, and colleagues wrote.
To assess whether a correlation exists between left atrial function and size and dementia, Wang and colleagues conducted an exploratory,