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February 2018 at a glance: heart and brain interaction, prognostic variables, and acute heart failure and post‐discharge outcomes

A position paper from the Heart Failure Association (HFA) reviews the heart and brain interactions in patients with heart failure (HF).1 These include cerebral hypoperfusion, causing either ischaemic stroke, symptomatic or not, or a progressive decline in brain function,2,3 abnormalities in cortical functions, with cognitive decline, dementia, depression and anxiety, abnormalities in the autonomic nervous system and cardiac reflexes, changes related to HF treatment. A final section of this fascinating review covers the existing gaps in knowledge and unresolved issues.1