Cognitive deterioration in bilateral asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis

Stroke

Volumn 45, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 2072-2077

  Buratti, Laura ^a   Balucani, Clotilde ^b   Viticchi, Giovanna ^a   Falsetti, Lorenzo ^c   Altamura, Claudia ^d   Avitabile, Emma ^a   Provinciali, Leandro ^a   Vernieri, Fabrizio ^d   Silvestrini, Mauro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b SUNY Downstate Medical Center   (United States)

^c OSPEDALI RIUNITI   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY CAMPUS BIO MEDICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

carotid stenosis; mild cognitive impairment; ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BREATH HOLDING; COGNITION; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY OCCLUSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PERIPHERAL OCCLUSIVE ARTERY DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANKIN SCALE; TRANSCRANIAL DOPPLER;

CAROTID STENOSIS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; ULTRASONOGRAPHY;

AGED; BRAIN; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; CAROTID STENOSIS; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COGNITION DISORDERS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, TRANSCRANIAL;

EID: 84903772683     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: 15244628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.114.005645     Document Type: Article

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