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Interrelationship between Alzheimer's disease and cardiac dysfunction: the brain-heart continuum?
Acta biochimica et biophysica Sinica - 2 Jan 2020
Yang Mingjie, Li Congye, Zhang Yingmei, Ren Jun
Abstract excerpt
Dementia, a devastating neurological disorder commonly found in the elderly, is characterized by severe cognitive and memory impairment. Ample clinical and epidemiological evidence has depicted a close association between dementia and heart failure. While cerebral blood under perfusion and neurohormonal activation due to the dampened cardiac pump function contribute to the loss of nutrient supply and neuronal...
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