Blood pressure and vascular cognitive impairment: The relationship between blood pressure, white matter disease load and cognitive performance in patients with cerebral small vessel disease - Brossura

Birns, Jonathan

Brossura

ISBN 10: 3838399374 ISBN 13: 9783838399379

Casa editrice: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

Riassunto

The importance of lowering blood pressure in hypertensive subjects is well known and studies suggest that lowering of blood pressure in patients who may already be in the normotensive range further reduces the risk of vascular events, particularly stroke. Epidemiological data have also shown that lower blood pressure and antihypertensive treatment may be associated with cognitive impairment once cerebrovascular disease is established. However, the relationship between hypertension and cerebrovascular disease is more complex than suggested by epidemiological or intervention studies and this book investigates the relationship between blood pressure, white matter disease load and cognitive performance in patients with cerebral small vessel disease.

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Jonathan Birns is a Consultant in Stroke Medicine, Geriatrics & General Medicine at Guy?s and St Thomas? Hospital, London and an Honorary Senior Lecturer at King's College London. His research interests revolve around the relationship between blood pressure, cerebral haemodynamics and cognition in patients with cerebrovascular disease.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 3838399374
• ISBN 13: 9783838399379
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336