Brain atrophy, N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide and carotid disease: interconnecting relationships between cerebral perfusion, cardiovascular disease, inflammation and cognitive decline.
In this issue, Sabayan et al discuss their findings from the AGES-Reykjavik study, on the association between brain atrophy and baseline N-terminal brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP), a marker of cardiac dysfunction and carotid intima media thickness (CIMT), a marker of carotid atherosclerosis bu...
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American Heart Association
2016
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