A mounting body of evidence indicates intricate interconnections between cardiac and cerebral health. Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most prevalent sustained cardiac arrhythmia, has been associated with the progression of cognitive impairment, potentially evolving into types of dementia such as vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The precise mechanistic progression remains partially enigmatic, but potential causal factors may encompass thromboembolism, chronic cerebral hypoperfusion, inflammatory responses and shared vascular risk contributors like hypertension and diabetes. Brian magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may offer some insights into the mechanisms underlying AF-associated brain morphological/functional changes, which culminate in cognitive decline and dementia.
This research topic will focus on the cerebral structural and functional modifications observed in AF, and elucidate their role in predicting or diagnosing cognitive decline and dementia. This topic will contain original research articles, commentaries, mini-reviews, clinical case reports, network meta-analyses, randomized clinical trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, comprehensive reviews and meta-epidemiological studies. We hope this section will enlighten readers with novel of the underlying mechanisms between AF and dementia.
We welcome submissions on the following topics, but are not limited to:
- Characterizing the brain MRI changes in patients with AF
- Exploring the impact of AF burden and different AF types on brain MRI alterations
- Investigating age- or gender-dependent variations in brain MRI changes in AF patients
- The underlying mechanisms of AF on brain MRI changes
- Role of AF-related brain MRI changes on cognitive decline and dementia
- The interplay between AF, brain MRI changes and cognitive decline
Keywords:
atrial fibrillation, magnetic resonance imaging, brain morphological/functional changes, cognitive impairment, cerebrovascular disease/stroke
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.
A mounting body of evidence indicates intricate interconnections between cardiac and cerebral health. Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most prevalent sustained cardiac arrhythmia, has been associated with the progression of cognitive impairment, potentially evolving into types of dementia such as vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. The precise mechanistic progression remains partially enigmatic, but potential causal factors may encompass thromboembolism, chronic cerebral hypoperfusion, inflammatory responses and shared vascular risk contributors like hypertension and diabetes. Brian magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may offer some insights into the mechanisms underlying AF-associated brain morphological/functional changes, which culminate in cognitive decline and dementia.
This research topic will focus on the cerebral structural and functional modifications observed in AF, and elucidate their role in predicting or diagnosing cognitive decline and dementia. This topic will contain original research articles, commentaries, mini-reviews, clinical case reports, network meta-analyses, randomized clinical trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, comprehensive reviews and meta-epidemiological studies. We hope this section will enlighten readers with novel of the underlying mechanisms between AF and dementia.
We welcome submissions on the following topics, but are not limited to:
- Characterizing the brain MRI changes in patients with AF
- Exploring the impact of AF burden and different AF types on brain MRI alterations
- Investigating age- or gender-dependent variations in brain MRI changes in AF patients
- The underlying mechanisms of AF on brain MRI changes
- Role of AF-related brain MRI changes on cognitive decline and dementia
- The interplay between AF, brain MRI changes and cognitive decline
Keywords:
atrial fibrillation, magnetic resonance imaging, brain morphological/functional changes, cognitive impairment, cerebrovascular disease/stroke
Important Note:
All contributions to this Research Topic must be within the scope of the section and journal to which they are submitted, as defined in their mission statements. Frontiers reserves the right to guide an out-of-scope manuscript to a more suitable section or journal at any stage of peer review.