Severe carotid stenosis and impaired cerebral hemodynamics can influence cognitive deterioration

Neurology

Volumn 80, Issue 23, 2013, Pages 2145-2150

  Balestrini, Simona ^a   Perozzi, Cecilia ^a   Altamura, Claudia ^b   Vernieri, Fabrizio ^b   Luzzi, Simona ^a   Bartolini, Marco ^a   Provinciali, Leandro ^a   Silvestrini, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMODYNAMICS; BREATH HOLDING INDEX TEST; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER;

AGED; BRAIN; CAROTID STENOSIS; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84879077146     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: 1526632X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e318295d71a     Document Type: Article

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