Impacts of hippocampal blood flow on changes in left ventricular wall thickness in patients with chronic heart failure
Although depressive symptoms increased mortality and hospitalization in chronic heart failure (CHF) patients, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate whether an alteration in hippocampal perfusion, which is the neural substrate of depressive symptoms, is associated with changes in cardiac structures and/or functions in CHF patients.
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Hideaki Suzuki, Yasuharu Matsumoto, Koichiro Sugimura, Jun Takahashi, Satoshi Miyata, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, Yasuyuki Taki, Hiroaki Shimokawa Source Type: research