Dr. Peter Liu, Co-Scientific Director of the Brain-Heart Interconnectome, along with Drs. Roland von Känel and Mitchell Elkind, have published a commentary in Circulation emphasizing the two-way relationship between the brain and heart.
The paper highlights how shared risk factors and biological pathways can affect both brain and cardiovascular health. The authors call on researchers, clinicians, health educators, and policymakers to recognize the brain-heart connection and work towards more integrated approaches to research, prevention, health care, and policy to improve brain and heart health outcomes. To learn more, read the full article here.