Changes in SPECT Cerebral Blood Flow Following Japanese Style, Superficial Acupuncture at LI-4 and LI-11 in Healthy Volunteers

2011 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 357-362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Woo-Sang Jung ◽  
Seong-Uk Park ◽  
Jung-Mi Park ◽  
Deog-Yoon Kim ◽  
Il-Ki Hong ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 31 (7) ◽  
pp. 553-562
Author(s):  
Nobuhiro Yada ◽  
Hideo Onishi ◽  
Masahiro Miyai ◽  
Kentarou Ozasa ◽  
Takashi Katsube ◽  
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2017 ◽  
Vol 312 (1) ◽  
pp. R108-R113 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. Caldas ◽  
R. B. Panerai ◽  
V. J. Haunton ◽  
J. P. Almeida ◽  
G. S. R. Ferreira ◽  
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Patients with ischemic heart failure (iHF) have a high risk of neurological complications such as cognitive impairment and stroke. We hypothesized that iHF patients have a higher incidence of impaired dynamic cerebral autoregulation (dCA). Adult patients with iHF and healthy volunteers were included. Cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV, transcranial Doppler, middle cerebral artery), end-tidal CO2 (capnography), and arterial blood pressure (Finometer) were continuously recorded supine for 5 min at rest. Autoregulation index (ARI) was estimated from the CBFV step response derived by transfer function analysis using standard template curves. Fifty-two iHF patients and 54 age-, gender-, and BP-matched healthy volunteers were studied. Echocardiogram ejection fraction was 40 (20–45) % in iHF group. iHF patients compared with control subjects had reduced end-tidal CO2 (34.1 ± 3.7 vs. 38.3 ± 4.0 mmHg, P < 0.001) and lower ARI values (5.1 ± 1.6 vs. 5.9 ± 1.0, P = 0.012). ARI <4, suggestive of impaired CA, was more common in iHF patients (28.8 vs. 7.4%, P = 0.004). These results confirm that iHF patients are more likely to have impaired dCA compared with age-matched controls. The relationship between impaired dCA and neurological complications in iHF patients deserves further investigation.


1991 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 10-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Torben Schroeder ◽  
Jens Schierbeck ◽  
Paul Howardy ◽  
Lisbet Knudsen ◽  
Philipp Skafte-Holm ◽  
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1999 ◽  
Vol 143 (1) ◽  
pp. 24-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Bonne ◽  
Yodphat Krausz ◽  
Yitzhak Aharon ◽  
Yevgenia Gelfin ◽  
Roland Chisin ◽  
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