The heart-brain connection: A multidisciplinary approach targeting a missing link in the pathophysiology of vascular cognitive impairment

Journal of Alzheimer's Disease

Volumn 42, Issue , 2014, Pages S443-S451

  Van Buchem, Mark A ^a   Biessels, Geert Jan ^b   Brunner La Rocca, Hans Peter ^c   De Craen, Anton J M ^a   Van Der Flier, Wiesje M ^d   Ikram, M Arfan ^e   Kappelle, L Jaap ^b   Koudstaal, Peter J ^e   Mooijaart, Simon P ^a   Niessen, Wiro ^e   Van Oostenbrugge, Robert ^c   De Roos, Albert ^a   Van Rossum, Albert C ^d   Daemen, Mat J A P ^f  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; heart; magnetic resonance imaging; vascular cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR;

BRAIN FUNCTION; BRAIN PERFUSION; BRAIN VASCULAR RESISTANCE; CARDIAC RESYNCHRONIZATION THERAPY; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CEREBRAL REVASCULARIZATION; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; HEART FUNCTION; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PULSE WAVE; REVIEW; VASCULAR COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; COMPLICATION; HEART; PATHOLOGY;

BRAIN; CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; HEART; HUMANS;

EID: 84908151682     PISSN: 13872877     EISSN: 18758908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/JAD-141542     Document Type: Review

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