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Cerebral blood flow and cognitive functioning in patients with disorders along the heart–brain axis: Cerebral blood flow and the heart–brain axis

Leeuwis, AE; Hooghiemstra, AM; Bron, EE; Kuipers, S; Oudeman, EA; Kalay, T; Brunner-La Rocca, HP; ... Van der Flier, WM; + view all (2020) Cerebral blood flow and cognitive functioning in patients with disorders along the heart–brain axis: Cerebral blood flow and the heart–brain axis. Alzheimer's and Dementia: Translational Research and Clinical Interventions , 6 (1) , Article e12034. 10.1002/trc2.12034. Green open access

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Abstract

Introduction: We examined the role of hemodynamic dysfunction in cognition by relating cerebral blood flow (CBF), measured with arterial spin labeling (ASL), to cognitive functioning, in patients with heart failure (HF), carotid occlusive disease (COD), and patients with cognitive complaints and vascular brain injury on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI; ie, possible vascular cognitive impairment [VCI]). Methods: We included 439 participants (124 HF; 75 COD; 127 possible VCI; 113 reference participants) from the Dutch multi‐center Heart–Brain Study. We used pseudo‐continuous ASL to estimate whole‐brain and regional partial volume‐corrected CBF. Neuropsychological tests covered global cognition and four cognitive domains. Results: CBF values were lowest in COD, followed by VCI and HF, compared to reference participants. This did not explain cognitive impairment, as we did not find an association between CBF and cognitive functioning. Discussion: We found that reduced CBF is not the major explanatory factor underlying cognitive impairment in patients with hemodynamic dysfunction along the heart–brain axis.

Type: Article
Title: Cerebral blood flow and cognitive functioning in patients with disorders along the heart–brain axis: Cerebral blood flow and the heart–brain axis
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1002/trc2.12034
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.1002/trc2.12034
Language: English
Additional information: This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Brain Repair and Rehabilitation
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10098983
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