Brain Imaging Changes Associated With Risk Factors for Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease in Asymptomatic Patients

Abstract Reviews of imaging studies assessing the brain effects of vascular risk factors typically include a substantial number of studies with subjects with a history of symptomatic cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease and/or events, limiting our ability to disentangle the primary brain effect...

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Veröffentlicht in:JACC. Cardiovascular imaging 2014-10, Vol.7 (10), p.1039-1053
Hauptverfasser: Friedman, Joseph I., MD, Tang, Cheuk Y., PhD, de Haas, Hans J., BSC, BA, Changchien, Lisa, MD, Goliasch, Georg, MD, PhD, Dabas, Puneet, MD, Wang, Victoria, BS, Fayad, Zahi A., PhD, Fuster, Valentin, MD, Narula, Jagat, MD
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Reviews of imaging studies assessing the brain effects of vascular risk factors typically include a substantial number of studies with subjects with a history of symptomatic cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease and/or events, limiting our ability to disentangle the primary brain effects of vascular risk factors from those of resulting brain and cardiac damage. The objective of this study was to perform a systematic review of brain changes from imaging studies in patients with vascular risk factors but without clinically manifest cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease or events. The 77 studies included in this review demonstrate that in persons without symptomatic cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, or peripheral vascular disease, the vascular risk factors of hypertension, diabetes mellitus, obesity, hyperlipidemia, and smoking are all independently associated with brain imaging changes before the clinical manifestation of cardiovascular or cerebrovascular disease. We conclude that the identification of brain changes associated with vascular risk factors, before the manifestation of clinically significant cerebrovascular damage, presents a window of opportunity wherein adequate treatment of these modifiable vascular risk factors may prevent the development of irreversible deleterious brain changes and potentially alter patients’ clinical course.
ISSN:1936-878X
1876-7591
DOI:10.1016/j.jcmg.2014.06.014