Prevalence and Progression of Cognitive Impairment in Atrial Fibrillation Patients after Treatment with Catheter Ablation or Drug Therapy

Table 2

Results of the study group in twice performed Mini-Mental State Examination and Montreal Cognitive Assessment tool with an intertest interval of 6 months.

Study group	Therapy	n	Test	Mean score	Std. deviation
AF group	Drug therapy	9	First MMSE	28.0	1.50
			Second MMSE	27.8	1.72
			First MoCA	22.4	2.83
			Second MoCA	23.7	4.33
	Catheter ablation	12	First MMSE	26.2	2.92
			Second MMSE	26.8	2.08
			First MoCA	22.4	4.38
			Second MoCA	22.9	2.47
AF/HF group	Drug therapy	8	First MMSE	25.4	4.17
			Second MMSE	26.3	3.77
			First MoCA	21.8	4.89
			Second MoCA	19.4	8.99
	Catheter ablation	16	First MMSE	26.4	2.43
			Second MMSE	26.1	3.11
			First MoCA	22.2	4.51
			Second MoCA	22.8	4.49

AF = atrial fibrillation, HF = heart failure, and SD = standard deviation.