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Cerebral Blood Flow Changes in Elderly Hypertensive Patients and Cognitive Functions

Author(s) -

D Hadjiev,

Petya Pencheva Mineva

Publication year - 2007

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/strokeaha.107.496919

Subject(s) - medicine , cerebral blood flow , neurology , cognition , cardiology , stroke (engine) , cognitive decline , disease , psychiatry , dementia , mechanical engineering , engineering

To the Editor:We read with interest the article by Beason-Held et al published in the June issue of Stroke .1 Fourteen treated hypertensive patients and 14 age-matched healthy controls, aged 70.8±7.4 SD years at entry, are examined. The authors, using repeated positron-emission tomography, have found that hypertension is associated with longitudinal regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) changes, assessed over a period of 6 years, which differ from healthy controls. In hypertensive patients, greater rCBF decreases …

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