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Abstract #2364

Racial differences in cerebral microcirculatory function and cognitive function

Junjie Wu1, Ganesh Chand2, Om Sharma2, Deqiang Qiu1, and Ihab Hajjar2

1Department of Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States, 2Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, United States

We examined racial differences in cerebrovascular reactivity (CVR) to carbon dioxide and their associations with cognitive function among patients with mild cognitive impairment and hypertension. The results provide evidence for association between impaired CVR and executive dysfunction. Hypertensive African Americans have more compromised cerebral microcirculatory function compared to Caucasians.

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