AF associated with smaller brain volume

[netpi]

heartrhythmjournal.com/arti...

[BobD Volunteer]

So what is that supposed to prove?

[Hidden]

It's probably right in my case 😙

[netpi in reply to Hidden]

True also for me but doesn't explain my large head which might account for a lot of empty space up there

[seasider18 in reply to netpi]

Are you what is called an Airhead?

[jeanjeannie50]

Well how dare they suggest I have a smaller brain! This may well have been a secret I've kept to myself for years. Now exposed to the world! LOL

[Finvola]

Tee hee - we're all twits!

[seasider18]

And there was me thinking that I was a clever clogs. So my wife was right again

[CDreamer]

I always thought that size didn't matter but it was what you did with it that mattered?

[seasider18 in reply to CDreamer]

That only applies to men

[Polski]

"Conclusion

After accounting for vascular risk factor burden, prevalent AF was associated with lobar indices of vascular brain aging but not with expected white matter changes."

This suggests to me that 'a lot of AF episodes' and 'shrinkage which indicates brain aging' are associated. This means that when one occurs the other seems to occur too - but no-one knows if one 'causes' the other, or if they are both the result of something else. However to understand the implications of this and of 'not with expected white matter changes' etc we need a doctor here!

So maybe we AFers are in danger of getting more stupid - or maybe we're not!

[MS444]

Proves doctors are stupid?😀😀