Atrial Fibrillation and Cognitive Decline: A Systematic Review of Pathophysiological Mechanisms, Therapeutic Strategies, and Digital Health Technologies in Neuroprotection.

Amparo Santamaria, Cristina Antón, Nataly Ibarra, María Fernández, Pedro González, Rafael Carrasco

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed.

Neuroimmune Regulation of Microvascular Inflammation: The Heart-Brain Axis, Mast Cells, and the Protective Role of Flavonoids-A Comprehensive Review.Biomedicines · 2026
Review
Association of Permanent Atrial Fibrillation with Cognitive Impairment in Stroke-Censored Patients from Western Romania: A Cross-Sectional Study.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Amparo SantamariaHematology Department and Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research (FISABIO), University Vinalopó Hospital, 03293 Elche, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7727-880X

Cristina AntónHematology Department and Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research (FISABIO), University Vinalopó Hospital, 03293 Elche, Spain.

Nataly IbarraHematology Department and Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research (FISABIO), University Vinalopó Hospital, 03293 Elche, Spain.

María FernándezHematology Department and Foundation for the Promotion of Health and Biomedical Research (FISABIO), University Vinalopó Hospital, 03293 Elche, Spain.

Pedro GonzálezManagemnet Department, Vinalopó University Hospital, 03023 Alicante, Spain.

Rafael CarrascoManagemnet Department, Vinalopó University Hospital, 03023 Alicante, Spain.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

atrial fibrillationcatheter ablationcerebral hypoperfusioncerebral microembolismcognitive impairmentdementiadigital healthdirect oral anticoagulantsheart–brain healthmHealth platformsneuroprotectionsilent cerebral infarction

Identifiers

PMID41827161

DOI10.3390/jcm15051744

PMCPMC12986385

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