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Cardiopulmonary exercise test. Prevalence. 50% among people with heart failure. Chronotropic incompetence ( CI) is the inability of heart rate to increase as expected in response to exercise. The condition can be defined in different ways and occurs in various diseases. Sufferers have a higher risk of cardiovascular disease and early death.
Medical condition Alzheimer's disease Other names Alzheimer's dementia Diagram of a normal brain compared to the brain of a person with Alzheimer's Pronunciation / ˈ æ l t s h aɪ m ər z ˈ ɑː l t s -/ Specialty Neurology Symptoms Memory loss, problems with language, disorientation, mood swings Complications Infections, falls and aspiration pneumonia in the terminal stage Usual onset Over ...
Posterior cortical atrophy ( PCA ), also called Benson's syndrome, is a rare form of dementia which is considered a visual variant or an atypical variant of Alzheimer's disease (AD). [ 1][ 2][ 3] The disease causes atrophy of the posterior part of the cerebral cortex, resulting in the progressive disruption of complex visual processing. [ 4]
Olivopontocerebellar atrophy (OPCA) is the degeneration of neurons in specific areas of the brain – the cerebellum, pons, and inferior olivary nucleus. [2] OPCA is present in several neurodegenerative syndromes, including inherited and non-inherited forms of ataxia (such as the hereditary spinocerebellar ataxia known as Machado–Joseph disease) and multiple system atrophy (MSA), with which ...
Anti-IgLON5 disease is an uncommon neurological autoimmune condition linked to autoantibodies directed against the IgLON5 protein. [ 1] Sleep disturbance, bulbar symptoms, and abnormal gait make up the majority of the clinical presentation, which is then followed by cognitive dysfunction. [ 2] The diagnosis of anti-IgLON5 disease is primarily ...
Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a type of dementia, a group of diseases involving progressive neurodegeneration of the central nervous system. [ 11] It is one of the two Lewy body dementias, along with Parkinson's disease dementia. [ 12] Dementia with Lewy bodies can be classified in other ways.
Researchers from Murdoch University have developed a screening test where people self-report their concerns in six different cognitive areas to help determine a person’s dementia risk ...
The International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) was an adaptation created by the US National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and used in assigning diagnostic and procedure codes associated with inpatient, outpatient, and physician office utilization in the United States. The ICD-9-CM is based on the ICD-9 but ...