Neurocardiology

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Neurocardiology is the study of the neurophysiological, neurological and neuroanatomical aspects of cardiology, including especially the neurological origins of cardiac disorders.[1] The effects of stress on the heart are studied in terms of the heart's interactions with both the peripheral nervous system and the central nervous system.

Clinical issues in neurocardiology include hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, cerebral embolism, encephalopathy, neurologic sequelae of cardiac surgery and cardiac interventions, and cardiovascular findings in patients with primary neurological disease.[2]

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  1. ^ Natelson BH (Feb 1985). "Neurocardiology. An interdisciplinary area for the 80s". Arch Neurol. 42 (2): 178–84. doi:10.1001/archneur.1985.04060020096022. PMID 3883960. 
  2. ^ Louis R Caplan, J Willis Hurst, Marc I Chimowitz (1999). "Clinical neurocardiology". Tex Heart Inst J. 26 (4): 324. PMC 325678. 

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NINDS Clinical Neurocardiology Section