TY - JOUR AU - Alosco, Michael L. AU - Brickman, Adam M. AU - Spitznagel, Mary Beth AU - Narkhede, Atul AU - Griffith, Erica Y. AU - Raz, Naftali AU - Cohen, Ronald AU - Sweet, Lawrence H. AU - Colbert, Lisa H. AU - Josephson, Richard AU - Hughes, Joel AU - Rosneck, Jim AU - Gunstad, John PY - 2014 DA - 2014/02/19 TI - Higher BMI is associated with reduced brain volume in heart failure JO - BMC Obesity SP - 4 VL - 1 IS - 1 AB - Heart failure (HF) patients are at risk for structural brain changes due to cerebral hypoperfusion. Past work shows obesity is linked with reduced cerebral blood flow and associated with brain atrophy in healthy individuals, although its effects on the brain in HF are unclear. This study examined the association among body mass index (BMI), cerebral perfusion, and brain volume in HF patients. SN - 2052-9538 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/2052-9538-1-4 DO - 10.1186/2052-9538-1-4 ID - Alosco2014 ER -