Supplementary Table 1. Literature search strategy.

Search Strings
Pubmed
(“Myocardial Ischemia”[Mesh] OR “Atherosclerosis”[Mesh:Noexp] OR coronary atherosclerosis[tiab] OR coronary artery disease [tiab] OR coronary heart disease [tiab] OR coronary calcium[tiab] OR coronary calcification[tiab] OR coronary calcific[tiab] OR coronary calcified[tiab] ) AND (“Dementia”[Mesh] OR “Cognitive Dysfunction”[Mesh] OR dementia [tiab] OR Alzheimer*[tiab] OR cognitive impairment[tiab] OR cognitive decline[tiab] OR cognitive function[tiab] OR cognitive disorder[tiab] OR cognitive performance [tiab] OR cognitive dysfunction[tiab]) NOT (“Animals”[Mesh] NOT “Humans”[Mesh])
EmBase
(‘coronary artery disease’/exp OR ‘coronary artery calcium score’/exp OR ‘coronary atherosclerosis’:ab,ti OR ‘coronary artery disease’:ab,ti OR ‘coronary heart disease’:ab,ti OR ‘coronary calcium’:ab,ti OR ‘coronary calcification’:ab,ti OR ‘coronary calcific’:ab,ti OR ‘coronary calcified’:ab,ti) AND (‘mild cognitive impairment’/exp OR ‘dementia’/exp OR ‘dementia’:ab,ti OR ‘alzheimer disease’:ab,ti OR ‘mild cognitive impairment’:ab,ti OR ‘cognitive decline’:ab,ti OR ‘cognitive function’:ab,ti OR ‘cognitive disorder’:ab,ti OR ‘cognitive performance’:ab,ti OR ‘cognitive dysfunction’:ab,ti) NOT (‘animal’/exp NOT ‘human’/exp)
Web of Science
#1 TS = (coronary artery disease) OR TS = (Coronary atherosclerosis) OR TS = (coronary artery calcium score) OR TS = (coronary calcium) OR TS = (coronary calcified) OR TS = (coronary calcific) OR TS = (coronary calcification) OR TS = (coronary heart disease) #2 TS = (dementia) OR TS = (mild cognitive impairment) OR TS = (alzheimer) OR TS = (cognitive function) OR TS = (cognitive dysfunction) OR TS = (cognitive disorder) OR TS = (cognitive performance) OR TS = (cognitive decline) #3 #1 AND #2