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SUBMITTER: Alosco ML
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3625509 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Alosco Michael L ML Brickman Adam M AM Spitznagel Mary Beth MB Griffith Erica Y EY Narkhede Atul A Raz Naftali N Cohen Ronald R Sweet Lawrence H LH Colbert Lisa H LH Josephson Richard R Hughes Joel J Rosneck Jim J Gunstad John J
Journal of the neurological sciences 20130323 1-2
<h4>Objective</h4>Physical fitness is an important correlate of structural and functional integrity of the brain in healthy adults. In heart failure (HF) patients, poor physical fitness may contribute to cognitive dysfunction and we examined the unique contribution of physical fitness to brain structural integrity among patients with HF.<h4>Methods</h4>Sixty-nine HF patients performed the Modified Mini Mental State examination (3MS) and underwent brain magnetic resonance imaging. All participant ...[more]