Newer Blood Thinners Linked to Slower Cognitive Decline in People with Both Atrial Fibrillation and Alzheimer’s
Older adults living with both atrial fibrillation and Alzheimer’s disease who took newer oral anticoagulants declined more slowly on a standard cognitive test than similar patients on warfarin or on no anticoagulant, according to a nationwide Swedish analysis published in the European Heart Journal. The difference was small in any single year. The annual decline…