Cognitive Impairment in Heart Failure: Issues of Measurement and Etiology
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Cognitive Impairment in Heart Failure
Cognitive impairment (CI) is increasingly recognized as a common adverse consequence of heart failure (HF). Although the exact mechanisms remain unclear, microembolism, chronic or intermittent cerebral hypoperfusion, and/or impaired cerebral vessel reactivity that lead to cerebral hypoxia and ischemic brain damage seem to underlie the development of CI in HF. Cognitive decline in HF is characte...
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عنوان ژورنال: American Journal of Critical Care
سال: 2002
ISSN: 1062-3264,1937-710X
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2002.11.6.520