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Aug 19, 2026, 18:51
Filippo Crea: AF and Alzheimer’s Disease – Does the Anticoagulant Choice Matter for the Brain?
Filippo Crea, Editor-in-Chief of European Heart Journal, shared a post on X about a recent article by Nanbo Zhu et al. published in European Heart Journal, adding:
“Atrial fibrillation and Alzheimer’s disease: does the anticoagulant choice matter for the brain?
Direct oral anticoagulants: slower cognitive decline than warfarin or no treatment.
Also fewer strokes, fewer deaths, no excess bleeding.
Read the Swedish nationwide study in EHJ.”
Title: Oral anticoagulants, cognition, and clinical outcomes in atrial fibrillation and Alzheimer’s disease: a Swedish nationwide study
Authors: Nanbo Zhu, Hong Xu, Sara Garcia-Ptacek, Sumonto Mitra, Maria Eriksdotter

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