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ArticleBrain and behavior2023

Neurovascular coupling in severe aortic valve stenosis.

Ana Ovsenik, Matej Podbregar, Nikola Lakič, Martin Brešar, Pavle Boškoski, Ivan Verdenik, Andrej Fabjan

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Article in Brain and behavior, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Ana OvsenikFaculty of Medicine, Department of Biomedicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-7307-5826
Matej PodbregarFaculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Nikola LakičDepartment of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Martin BrešarJožef Stefan International Postgraduate School, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-1674-3314
Pavle BoškoskiDepartment of Systems and Control, Jožef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0003-4498-0509
Ivan VerdenikDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Division for Research, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Andrej FabjanFaculty of Medicine, Institute for Physiology, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0001-8527-4948
University of Ljubljana · SIJožef Stefan Institute · SILjubljana University Medical Centre · SI

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesAortic stenosis (AS) is characterized by obstruction of blood outflow from the left ventricle, which can impair target organ perfusion such as the brain. We hypothesized that hemodynamic changes in AS may lead to dysfunction of cerebral blood flow regulatory mechanisms. The aim of our study was to evaluate neurovascular coupling in patients with AS by Transcranial Doppler ultrasonography.

methodsNeurovascular coupling was assessed using visually evoked cerebral blood flow velocity responses (VEFR) calculated as relative blood flow velocity changes in the posterior cerebral artery upon visual stimulation. We analyzed peak systolic, mean and end diastolic VEFR in 54 patients with severe AS and 43 controls in 10 consecutive cycles of visual stimulation. Repeated-measures ANOVA test was used to compare cerebral hemodynamic data by group.

resultsPatients with AS had significantly higher peak systolic (12.9% ± 5.6% and 10.5% ± 4.5%; p = .009) and mean VEFR (14.4% ± 5.8% and 12.2% ± 4.9%; p = .021) compared to controls, whereas only a tendency for higher end diastolic VEFR was observed (16.7% ± 6.9% and 14.4% ± 6.2%; p = .061).

conclusionWe have shown for the first time that patients with severe AS exhibit higher VEFR than controls indicating dysregulation of neurovascular coupling, which can be one of the factors contributing to development of cognitive decline.

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Aortic Valve StenosisNeurovascular CouplingBlood Flow VelocityBrainCerebrovascular CirculationEvoked Potentials, VisualHumansaortic stenosiscerebral blood flowneurovascular couplingtranscranial Doppler

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PMID37475651
PMCPMC10454277
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