title: Cognitive performance following endarterectomy in asymptomatic severe carotid stenosis.
abstract: Cognition and the effects of carotid endarterectomy (CEA) were evaluated in 22 non-demented subjects with vascular risk factors (VRF) and asymptomatic severe carotid artery stenosis (ASCAS), 14 volunteers with VRF but without stenosis, and 24 healthy controls (HC) without VRF. Non-demented subjects with VRF, with or without carotid stenosis scored inferior to HC. It is concluded that carotid stenosis is not a primary cause of cognitive deterioration and CEA does not improve cognition in patients with ASCAS.
authors.affiliation: Cognitive Neurology Unit, Rambam Medical Center and Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. jaharon@rambam.health.gov.il
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Aharon-Peretz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tomer
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gabrieli
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Aharonov
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nitecki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hoffman
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D016893:Carotid Stenosis / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D003071:Cognition / Q000502:physiology*; D016894:Endarterectomy, Carotid / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric