title: Effects of heart transplantation on cerebral metabolic abnormalities in patients with congestive heart failure.
abstract: We investigated the serial changes in cerebral metabolites in 34 patients with congestive heart failure before and 2 and 12 months after heart transplantation, using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Regional differences were detected in the recovery of cerebral metabolites after the heart transplantation procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Cheol Whan
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Jung Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Hyun Suk
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Keun Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.forename: Jung-Min
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Ahn
authors.forename: Myeong-Ki
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.forename: Seong-Wook
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Seung-Jung
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: Myeong-Geun
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Jae-Joong
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Kim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001224:Aspartic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000378:metabolism; D001921:Brain / Q000378:metabolism*; D002794:Choline / Q000378:metabolism; D003401:Creatine / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000378:metabolism / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007294:Inositol / Q000378:metabolism; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000378:metabolism; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001224:Aspartic Acid; D007294:Inositol; C000179:N-acetylaspartate; D003401:Creatine; D002794:Choline