Is mild vascular cognitive impairment reversible? Evidence from a study on the effect of carotid endarterectomy

Neurological Research

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 594-597

  Borroni, Barbara ^a   Tiberio, Guido ^a   Bonardelli, Stefano ^a   Cottini, Elisabetta ^a   Facheris, Maurizio ^a   Akkawi, Nabil ^a   Pezzini, Alessandro ^a   Cervi, Edoardo ^a   Giulini, Stefano Maria ^a   Padovani, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid endarterectomy; Mild vascular cognitive impairment; Neuropsychological assessment; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERY DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CAROTID ENDARTERECTOMY; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERBAL MEMORY;

AGED; ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CAUSALITY; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ENDARTERECTOMY, CAROTID; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PATIENT SELECTION; PROGNOSIS; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042716679     PISSN: 01616412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/016164104225016245     Document Type: Article

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