Effects of heart transplantation on cerebral metabolic abnormalities in patients with congestive heart failure.
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.
Lee
Cheol Whan
CW
Department of Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan, Seoul, Korea.
Lee
Jung Hee
JH
Yang
Hyun Suk
HS
Lim
Keun Ho
KH
Ahn
Jung-Min
JM
Hong
Myeong-Ki
MK
Park
Seong-Wook
SW
Park
Seung-Jung
SJ
Song
Myeong-Geun
MG
Kim
Jae-Joong
JJ
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
D001224:Aspartic Acid; D007294:Inositol; C000179:N-acetylaspartate; D003401:Creatine; D002794:Choline