The heart is one of the most important organs in the human body. It will cause heart failure if the blood output cannot meet the metabolic needs of the body.
But heart failure is more than just “heartbreak”
Heart failure combined with cognitive dysfunction has been paid more and more attention by more and more scholars. A recent study from the Heart Failure Center of the University Hospital in Wurzburg, Germany, found that there was significant atrophy of the hippocampus in patients with mild heart failure, and there was a significant correlation with cognitive.
Moreover, cognitive dysfunction has a negative impact on the treatment of heart failure itself, with patients' compliance and recognition of symptoms affected, leading to further increases in readmission rates and mortality.
Cognitive dysfunction caused by heart failure can manifest as delirium, dementia, and mild cognitive impairment:
(1) Delirium: a disorder of consciousness accompanied by inattention, confusion of thinking, and abnormal perception function
(2) Dementia: the ability of daily living, learning, and social interaction decreased significantly
(3) Mild cognitive impairment: progressive decline in memory or other cognitive functions
Although the mechanism is not clear, this study found a significant association between hippocampus shrinkage and cognitive dysfunction in patients with heart failure. This suggests that the hippocampus may be a key target of cognitive dysfunction caused by heart failure.
* Comparison of structural brain changes in the heart failure group and the control group
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1. Frey A, Homola GA, Henneges C, Mühlbauer L, Sell R, Kraft P, Franke M, Morbach C, Vogt M, Müllges W, Ertl G, Solymosi L, Pirpamer L, Schmidt R, Pham M, St?rk S, Stoll G. Temporal changes in total and hippocampal brain volume and cognitive function in patients with chronic heart failure-the COGNITION.MATTERS-HF cohort study. Eur Heart J. 2021 Jan 26:ehab003. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehab003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33496311.
