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Intensive blood pressure control to a target of less than 120 mm Hg was not associated with a reduction of cerebral perfusion compared with a standard target of less than 140 mm Hg in a substudy ...

These obstructions reduced cerebral blood perfusion within 30 minutes, with the most significant effects in smaller vessels. Unlike classical blood clots, these blockages stemmed from physical ...

Researchers suggest that blood perfusion of the so-called hippocampus could play a key role in age- and disease-related memory problems. Skip to main content Your source for the latest research news ...

The Bottom Line. Investigators used MRI to evaluate brain perfusion in patients with transfusion-dependent (n=54) and non–transfusion-dependent (n=23) β-thalassemia versus 56 controls.

Intensive BP lowering did not lower the rate of cerebral perfusion in severe small vessel disease, according to findings recently published in JAMA Neurology. “Whether intensive BP lowering may ...

High and low free thyroxine levels are associated with lower global brain perfusion in adults and could lead to brain diseases, such as dementia, according to a presenter. “Thyroid function has ...

Blood-pressure elevations above 180/110 to 120 mm Hg can result in acute injury to the heart, brain, and the microvasculature. 1-3 If acute hypertension-mediated target-organ damage is present ...

As this compensatory mechanism is exhausted, pliable blood vessels are compressed and cerebral blood flow is reduced. ... with maintenance of cerebral perfusion pressure at 50 to 70 mm Hg.