Abstract
Abstract We investigated if hemodynamic variability, cerebral blood flow (CBF) regulation, and their interrelationships differ between patients with transient ischemic attack (TIA) and controls. We recorded blood pressure (BP) and bilateral middle cerebral artery flow velocity (MCAv) in a cohort of TIA patients (n = 17), and age-matched controls (n = 15). Spontaneous fluctuations in BP and MCAv were characterized by spectral power analysis, and CBF regulation was assessed by wavelet phase synchronization analysis in the very low- (0.02–0.07 Hz), low- (0.07–0.20 Hz), and high-frequency (0.20–0.40 Hz) ranges. Furthermore, cerebrovascular CO2 reactivity was assessed as a second metric of CBF regulation by inducing hypercapnia with 8 inhalation followed by hyperventilation driven hypocapnia. We found that TIA was associated with higher BP power (group effect, P
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | e12602 |
Journal | Physiological Reports |
Volume | 3 |
Issue number | 11 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 5 Nov 2015 |
Keywords
- Blood pressure
- cerebral blood flow
- cerebral hemodynamics
- transient ischemic attack
- 2020