Increased incidence of jugular valve insufficiency in patients with transient global amnesia
| Autor: | Max Nedelmann, Marianne Dieterich, B. M. Eicke |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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congenital hereditary and neonatal diseases and abnormalities medicine.medical_specialty Neurology medicine.medical_treatment Neurological disorder Functional Laterality Central nervous system disease Amnesia Transient Global Jugular vein medicine Valsalva maneuver Humans Memory disorder Aged Retrospective Studies Neurologic Examination Ultrasonography Doppler Duplex Chi-Square Distribution Incidence Cognitive disorder Middle Aged medicine.disease Venous Insufficiency Case-Control Studies Anesthesia Transient global amnesia Female Neurology (clinical) Jugular Veins Psychology Blood Flow Velocity |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Neurology. 252:1482-1486 |
| ISSN: | 1432-1459 0340-5354 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s00415-005-0894-9 |
| Popis: | While transient global amnesia (TGA) is a clinically well defined disorder, its etiology is poorly understood. Cerebral venous hypertension and subsequent damage to hippocampal and diencephalic structures are among the discussed hypothetical causes. Using a direct method for the study of retrograde flow during a Valsalva maneuver, we determined whether jugular valve insufficiency contributes to cerebral venous hypertension in patients with TGA.Jugular valve closure was assessed by duplex sonography in 20 patients with TGA and 20 age and gender matched controls. The diagnosis of valvular insufficiency was made on the basis of recently established criteria.Valvular insufficiency (either left or right-sided, or bilateral) was identified in 85% of patients with TGA,and in 45% of controls (p = 0.008). All patients with involuntary Valsalva episodes immediately prior to TGA developed valvular insufficiency (n = 8; p = 0.13 compared with patients who did not recall such an event). The mean duration of the insufficiency jet did not differ significantly between patients with TGA (3.26 s) and controls (2.78 s; p = 0.315). However, patients with TGA who experienced a trigger event were characterized by significantly longer insufficiency reflux times (3.84 s) than those without (2.55 s; p = 0.03).TGA is associated with an increase in the prevalence of jugular insufficiency. Valvular insufficiency may lead to increased venous pressure transmission during a Valsalva maneuver and thus contribute to venous ischemia in TGA. The association of valvular insufficiency and longer reflux times with the occurrence of a trigger event further suggests that cerebral venous congestion is an important etiological factor in transient global amnesia. |
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