Open AccessTranscranial Doppler Blood Flow Assessment in Patients With Mild Heart Failure: Correlates With Neuroimaging and Cognitive Performance
Author(s) -
Vogels Raymond L. C.,
Oosterman Joukje M.,
Laman David M.,
Gouw Alida A.,
SchroederTanka Jutta M.,
Scheltens Philip,
Van Der Flier Wiesje M.,
Weinstein Henry C.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
congestive heart failure
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1751-7133
pISSN - 1527-5299
DOI - 10.1111/j.1751-7133.2008.07365.x
Subject(s) - medicine , transcranial doppler , heart failure , neuroimaging , cardiology , cerebral blood flow , magnetic resonance imaging , blood flow , effects of sleep deprivation on cognitive performance , perfusion , cognition , radiology , psychiatry
Cardiac output and cerebral perfusion are reduced in patients with advanced stages of heart failure. Our aim was to determine whether cerebral blood flow velocity measured by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography was reduced in outpatients with mild heart failure in comparison to controls and, if so, whether this reduction was related to cognitive performance and abnormalities of the brain diagnosed by magnetic resonance imaging.