Influence of carotid artery stenting on cognitive function

Introduction There have only been a few studies on cognitive changes in patients with carotid occlusive disease, and the results of these show major discrepancies in the extent to which treatment affects neuropsychological function. We sought to clarify these discrepancies by evaluating the effects...

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Veröffentlicht in:Neuroradiology 2010-01, Vol.52 (1), p.61-66
Hauptverfasser: Grunwald, Iris Quasar, Papanagiotou, Panagiotis, Reith, Wolfgang, Backens, Martin, Supprian, Tilman, Politi, Maria, Vedder, Verena, Zercher, K., Muscalla, B., Haass, Anton, Krick, Christoph M.
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction There have only been a few studies on cognitive changes in patients with carotid occlusive disease, and the results of these show major discrepancies in the extent to which treatment affects neuropsychological function. We sought to clarify these discrepancies by evaluating the effects of carotid artery stenting (CAS) on the cognitive function. Methods Forty-one asymptomatic CAS patients were administered a test battery of neuropsychological tests measuring cognitive speed and memory function before and 3 months after the procedure. A control group was also evaluated. To test for thromboembolic lesions, diffusion-weighted imaging was used. Results CAS led to a significant increase in cognitive speed ( p  
ISSN:0028-3940
1432-1920
DOI:10.1007/s00234-009-0618-4