Asymptomatic cervicocerebral atherosclerosis, intracranial vascular resistance and cognition: The AsIA-Neuropsychology Study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 230, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 330-335

  López Olóriz, Jorge ^a   López Cancio, Elena ^b   Arenillas, Juan F ^c   Hernández, María ^b   Jiménez, Marta ^b   Dorado, Laura ^b   Barrios, Maite ^a   Soriano Raya, Juan José ^a   Miralbell, Júlia ^a   Cáceres, Cynthia ^b   Forés, Rosa ^d   Pera, Guillem ^d   Dávalos, Antoni ^b   Mataró, Maria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI GERMANS TRIAS I PUJOL   (Spain)

^c HOSPITAL CLÍNICO UNIVERSITARIO DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d Primary Healthcare Research Support Unit Metropolitana Nord   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atherosclerosis; Cognitive impairment; Intima media thickness; Intracranial stenosis; Pulsatility index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASYMPTOMATIC CERVICOCEREBRAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CAROTID ARTERY; CAUCASIAN; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTIMA; INTRACRANIAL VASCULAR RESISTANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; STENOSIS; ULTRASOUND; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; VELOCITY; VERBAL MEMORY;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; INTRACRANIAL STENOSIS; PULSATILITY INDEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; COGNITION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ARTERIOSCLEROSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STROKE; ULTRASONOGRAPHY; VASCULAR RESISTANCE;

EID: 84884509571     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: 18791484     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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