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Lin Yee Chen, MD, MS, a professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School and director of the Lillehei Heart Institute, has been awarded a $4.39 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study atrial myopathy-;a heart condition associated with a higher risk of dementia and vascular brain injury.
Older adults with atrial cardiopathy (a major, often undetected cardiac cause of stroke) may be at increased risk of developing dementia, according to new research led by Johns Hopkins Medicine.
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A new study suggests left atrial myopathy could signal an increased risk of developing dementia and treating this condition could potentially be a new approach to prevention.
Published in JAMA, research from the University of Minnesota assessed if there is a link between heart health and dementia.