Intensive Blood Pressure Control Affects Cerebral Blood Flow in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients
Hypertension, 03/07/2011
Kim YS et al. – Authors suggest that blood pressure (BP) treatment should be individualized, aiming at a balance between BP reduction and maintenance of cerebral blood flow velocity (CBFV) as the static cerebrovascular autoregulation appears to be impaired in type 2 diabetes mellitus, with a transient reduction in CBFV in uncomplicated diabetic patients on tight BP control. A progressive reduction in CBFV in diabetic patients with microvascular complications, indicate that maintenance of cerebral perfusion during BP treatment depends on the progression of microvascular disease.
