Reduced neuropsychological test performance in asymptomatic carotid stenosis

2004234 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Ellisiv B. Mathiesen · Institute of the North

Knut Waterloo · Institute of the North

Oddmund Joakimsen · Institute of the North

S. J. Bakke · Institute of the North

E Jacobsen · Institute of the North

Kaare Harald Bønaa · Institute of the North

Abstract

Carotid stenosis was associated with poorer neuropsychological performance. This could not be explained by a higher proportion of silent MRI lesions in persons with asymptomatic carotid stenosis, making it less likely that the cognitive impairment was caused by silent emboli.

Topics & Keywords

Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications

UN Sustainable Development Goals

No poverty

Publication Details

Published in: Neurology

Volume 62, Issue 5, pp. 695-701

DOI: 10.1212/01.wnl.0000113759.80877.1f

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