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ReviewWorld journal of critical care medicine2024

Regional dynamic cerebral autoregulation across anterior and posterior circulatory territories: A detailed exploration and its clinical implications.

Bahadar S Srichawla, Maria A Garcia-Dominguez

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Review in World journal of critical care medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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2 authors.

Bahadar S SrichawlaDepartment of Neurology, University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA 01655, United States. bahadar.srichawla@umassmed.edu.
Maria A Garcia-DominguezDepartment of Neurology, University of Massachusetts, Worcester, MA 01655, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cerebral autoregulation (CA) is the mechanism that maintains stable cerebral blood flow (CBF) despite fluctuations in systemic blood pressure, crucial for brain homeostasis. Recent evidence highlights distinct regional variations in CA between the anterior (carotid) and posterior (vertebrobasilar) circulations. Non-invasive neuromonitoring techniques, such as transcranial Doppler, transfer function analysis, and near-infrared spectroscopy, facilitate the dynamic assessment of CBF and autoregulation. Studies indicate a robust autoregulatory capacity in the anterior circulation, characterized by rapid adjustments in vascular resistance. On the contrary, the posterior circulation, mainly supplied by the vertebral arteries, may have a lower autoregulatory capacity. in acute brain injuries such as intracerebral and subarachnoid hemorrhage, and traumatic brain injuries, dynamic CA can be significantly altered in the posterior circulation. Proposed physiological mechanisms of impaired CA in the posterior circulation include: (1) Decreased sympathetic innervation of the vasculature impairing compensatory vasoreactivity; (2) Endothelial dysfunction; (3) Increased cerebral metabolic rate of oxygen consumption within the visual cortex causing CBF-metabolism (

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Anterior circulationCerebral autoregulationCerebral energeticsNear-infrared spectroscopyPosterior cerebral arteryPosterior circulationRegional cerebral autoregulationTranscranial dopplerTransfer function analysis

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PMID39655297
PMCPMC11577536

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