Cerebral oxygen availability during exercise in COPD patients with cognitive impairment

Publication date: Available online 2 May 2018 Source:Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology Author(s): Vasileios Andrianopoulos, Ioannis Vogiatzis, Rainer Gloeckl, Robert Bals, Rembert A. Koczulla, Klaus Kenn Insufficient cerebral blood flow regulation to meet increasing metabolic demand during physical exertion could be associated with cognitive impairment. We compared cerebral oxygen availability during exercise in cognitively impaired (CI) to cognitively normal (CN) COPD patients.
Source: Respiratory Physiology and Neurobiology - Category: Respiratory Medicine Source Type: research