| Literature DB >> 12940834 |
J Aharon-Peretz1, R Tomer, I Gabrieli, D Aharonov, S Nitecki, A Hoffman.
Abstract
Cognition and the effects of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) were evaluated in 22 non-demented subjects with vascular risk factors (VRF) and asymptomatic severe carotid artery stenosis (ASCAS), 14 volunteers with VRF but without stenosis, and 24 healthy controls (HC) without VRF. Non-demented subjects with VRF, with or without carotid stenosis scored inferior to HC. It is concluded that carotid stenosis is not a primary cause of cognitive deterioration and CEA does not improve cognition in patients with ASCAS.Entities:
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Year: 2003 PMID: 12940834 DOI: 10.1046/j.1468-1331.2003.00633.x
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Eur J Neurol ISSN: 1351-5101 Impact factor: 6.089