A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis to Determine the Effect of Oral Anticoagulants on Incidence of Dementia in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Running head: Anticoagulants, dementia, atrial fibrillation
Mingjie Lin, PhD1, Wenqiang Han, MD2, Jingquan Zhong, PhD, MD2,3, Lin Wu, BM, MSc, MD1,4,5
  1. Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China
  2. The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education, Chinese National Health Commission and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, The State and Shandong Province Joint Key Laboratory of Translational Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, China
  3. Department of Cardiology, Qilu Hospital (Qingdao), Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Qingdao, China
  4. Department of Cardiology, Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Science, Ministry of Education, Beijing, China
  5. Key Laboratory of Medical Electrophysiology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Cardiovascular Research, Southwest Medical University, Luzhou, China
Corresponding Author: Lin Wu, Corresponding author. Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, No. 8 Xishiku Road, Beijing 100034, China; Phone: +86 13716162368; E-mail:lin_wu@163.com.
Acknowledgements: We sincerely thank Dr. Ali (Abu Sad Mohammed Arif Ali, Department of Cardiology, Peking University First Hospital, Beijing, China) for correcting the English. This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (81770325,81930105). Sponsor is no role in the design, methods, subject recruitment, data collections, analysis and preparation of paper.
Conflict of interest statement: The authors have no conflicts to disclose