Why the study?
Does cardiac dysrhythmia reduce cerebral perfusion in patients suspected of carotid arterial insufficiency?
Population
210 patients suspected by history of having carotid arterial insufficiency, and experimental dogs
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Dysrhythmias may contribute to cerebral hypoperfusion in carotid suspects; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Does cardiac dysrhythmia reduce cerebral perfusion in patients suspected of carotid arterial insufficiency?
Cardiac dysrhythmias can cause significant deficits in cerebral perfusion, representing a nonobstructive cause of cerebral ischemia.
Bruce J. Sand (1976) studied this question.
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