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Abstract WMP70: Neuroradiological Markers of Cerebral Small Vessel Disease in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease After Fontan Surgery

Stroke Journal

We investigated brain MRI markers of cerebral small vessel disease (SVD) after exposure to Fontan circulation.Methods:We reviewed medical records and MRI images of 34 adults followed in an academic medical center after Fontan surgery, who had brain MRI for any reason from 08/01/1995-03/01/2022.

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Understanding Our Brain: Why We Get Hooked and What to Do about It

Physiologically Speaking

Physiologically Speaking is a reader-supported publication. They also don’t seem to get dementia and Alzheimer’s (the fifth leading cause of death worldwide). What the 20,000 Tsimane scattered throughout the Amazon eat even upends the nutritional research and advice of some of our most venerated academic institutions.

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Emergency Department Syncope Workup: After H and P, ECG is the Only Test Required for Every Patient.

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Academic Emergency Medicine., Negative predictors included dementia, pacemaker, coronary revascularization, and cerebrovascular disease. Academic Emergency Medicine, 2003 Volume 10, Number 5 539-540. Fourth, syncope in the elderly often results from polypharmacy and abnormal physiologic responses to daily events.