Heart Attacks Associated With Faster Cognitive Decline Over Years

Heart attacks (myocardial infarction (MI)) are associated with faster cognitive decline over years. Compared to those without incident MI, those with incident MI demonstrated faster declines in global cognition (-0.15), memory (-0.13), and executive function (-0.14) scores over the years after MI. These scores were the results of standardized testing that was harmonized using statistical techniques across cohorts. The authors did not find that incident MI was associated with an acute decrease in global cognition, executive function, or memory.

These findings were presented in "Association Between Acute Myocardial Infarction and Cognition", by Michelle C. Johansen, M.D . . .