Memory Impairment in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survivors Is Associated With Global Reduction in Brain Volume, Not Focal Hippocampal Injury | Zendy

Neil R. Grubb | Zendy; Keith A.A. Fox | Zendy; Karen Bulmer Smith | Zendy; Jonathan Best | Zendy; Annette Blane | Zendy; Klaus P. Ebmeier | Zendy; Michael F. Glabus | Zendy; Ronan E. O’Carroll | Zendy

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Memory Impairment in Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Survivors Is Associated With Global Reduction in Brain Volume, Not Focal Hippocampal Injury

Author(s) -

Neil R. Grubb,

Keith A.A. Fox,

Karen Bulmer Smith,

Jonathan Best,

Annette Blane,

Klaus P. Ebmeier,

Michael F. Glabus,

Ronan E. O’Carroll

Publication year - 2000

Publication title -

stroke

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397

H-Index - 319

eISSN - 1524-4628

pISSN - 0039-2499

DOI - 10.1161/01.str.31.7.1509

Subject(s) - medicine , hippocampal formation , memory impairment , cardiology , brain size , radiology , magnetic resonance imaging , psychiatry , cognition

More than 30% of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) survivors suffer significant memory impairment. The hippocampus may be vulnerable to hypoxic injury during cardiac arrest. The purpose of this study was to determine whether selective hippocampal injury is the substrate for this memory impairment.

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