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Cognitive impairment and risk of cardiovascular events and mortality European Heart Journal, 05/21/2012

O'Donnell M et al. – In people at increased cardiovascular (CV) risk, impairments on baseline cognitive testing are associated with a graded increase in the risk of stroke, congestive heart failure, and CV death, but not coronary events. An MMSE score of <24 increased CV disease risk to the same extent as a previous stroke.

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