PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Vinall, Maria ED - Freudenberger, Ronald TI - Cardiac Dysfunction in Stroke DP - 2009 Apr 01 TA - MD Conference Express PG - 31--32 VI - 9 IP - 1 4099 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/9/1/31.short 4100 - http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/9/1/31.full AB - This article lists some of the similarities between the pathophysiology of heart failure (HF) and stroke, as well as discusses cerebral effects of decreased cardiac output and reviews several studies that examined stroke outcome in patients with HF.