Association between Hypotension, Low Ejection Fraction and Cognitive Performance in Cardiac Patients

Rebecca F. Gottesman; Maura A. Grega; Maryanne M. Bailey; Scott L. Zeger; William A. Baumgartner; Guy M. McKhann; Ola A. Selnes

doi:10.3233/BEN-2009-0261

Behavioural Neurology (Jan 2010)

Association between Hypotension, Low Ejection Fraction and Cognitive Performance in Cardiac Patients

Rebecca F. Gottesman,
Maura A. Grega,
Maryanne M. Bailey,
Scott L. Zeger,
William A. Baumgartner,
Guy M. McKhann,
Ola A. Selnes

Affiliations

Rebecca F. Gottesman: Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Maura A. Grega: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Maryanne M. Bailey: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Scott L. Zeger: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
William A. Baumgartner: Department of Cardiac Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Guy M. McKhann: Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Ola A. Selnes: Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2009-0261
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22, no. 1-2
pp. 63 – 71

Abstract

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Background and Purpose: Impaired cardiac function can adversely affect the brain via decreased perfusion. The purpose of this study was to determine if cardiac ejection fraction (EF) is associated with cognitive performance, and whether this is modified by low blood pressure.

Published in Behavioural Neurology

ISSN: 0953-4180 (Print); 1875-8584 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
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