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ReviewClinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society2023

Quantification of dynamic cerebral autoregulation: welcome to the jungle!

Patrice Brassard, Marc-Antoine Roy, Joel S Burma, Lawrence Labrecque, Jonathan D Smirl

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Review in Clinical autonomic research : official journal of the Clinical Autonomic Research Society, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 28 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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28citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
9.1field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

28 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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  3. A systematic review, meta-analysisJournal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2024
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  14. Hyperemia detection on arterial spin labeling is associated with final infarct volume in stroke post-endovascular therapy.Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association · 2025
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  18. Individualized autoregulation-guided arterial blood pressure management in neurocritical care.Neurotherapeutics : the journal of the American Society for Experimental NeuroTherapeutics · 2025
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  20. Data-based modeling of cerebral hemodynamics quantifies impairment of cerebral blood flow regulation in type-2 diabetes.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Patrice BrassardDepartment of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada. patrice.brassard@kin.ulaval.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-6254-5044
Marc-Antoine RoyDepartment of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
Joel S BurmaCerebrovascular Concussion Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Lawrence LabrecqueDepartment of Kinesiology, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval, Québec, Canada.
Jonathan D SmirlCerebrovascular Concussion Laboratory, Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.
Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec · CAUniversity of Calgary · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposePatients with dysautonomia often experience symptoms such as dizziness, syncope, blurred vision and brain fog. Dynamic cerebral autoregulation, or the ability of the cerebrovasculature to react to transient changes in arterial blood pressure, could be associated with these symptoms.

methodsIn this narrative review, we go beyond the classical view of cerebral autoregulation to discuss dynamic cerebral autoregulation, focusing on recent advances pitfalls and future directions.

resultsFollowing some historical background, this narrative review provides a brief overview of the concept of cerebral autoregulation, with a focus on the quantification of dynamic cerebral autoregulation. We then discuss the main protocols and analytical approaches to assess dynamic cerebral autoregulation, including recent advances and important issues which need to be tackled.

conclusionThe researcher or clinician new to this field needs an adequate comprehension of the toolbox they have to adequately assess, and interpret, the complex relationship between arterial blood pressure and cerebral blood flow in healthy individuals and clinical populations, including patients with autonomic disorders.

Indexed as

Autonomic Nervous System DiseasesBlood PressureDizzinessHomeostasisHumansSyncopeArterial blood pressureCerebral autoregulationCerebral pressure–flow relationshipDirectional sensitivityMultimodal assessment

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PMID37758907
OpenAlexW4387097291

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