Cerebral Blood Flow

PHILADELPHIA — Among patients with advanced HF requiring a left ventricular assist device, measures of cerebrovascular blood flow improved significantly after device implant, a speaker reported.

Higher daily intake of dietary caffeine was associated with an increased prevalence of severe headache or migraine in adults, particularly women, according to researchers.

A device designed to improve cerebral blood flow was associated with improvements in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer’s disease, according to a presenter at the American College of Cardiology Scientific Session.

NEW ORLEANS — A device designed to improve cerebral blood flow with compression of lower limbs synchronized to the cardiac cycle was tied to improved cognitive performance scores in mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer’s disease.

Repeated attempts to retrieve a clot in patients with acute stroke increased both the rate of emboli to new territory and infarct growth volume, with an impact on functional outcomes even when recanalization was successful.

Cannabidiol appeared to increase cerebral blood flow to brain regions involved in memory processing, according to results of an MRI study published in Journal of Psychopharmacology.