Cardio-Cerebral Diseases

The connection between Cardio-vascular diseases (CVD) and CNS (Central nervous system) diseases is well known. Here we review most of the well-known and studied diseases connecting both systems to get a better view of that spectrum of diseases. When we discuss that kind of diseases, we mean that one organ is originally healthy and would function normally until it is affected by the other diseased system. Previously known, cardiovascular diseases usually cause CNS disorders by interrupted blood flow to the CNS, while the CNS disorders disrupt the cardiovascular autonomic functions leading to the excessive sympathetic discharge and catecholamines release. In our review article, we focus mainly on the brain disorders when CNS is mentioned, not the spinal cord disorders.