Authors: Laura Tiemann, Jutta Hubertina Reidt, Lorena Esposito, Dirk Sander, Wolfram Theiss, Holger Poppert
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0007001
Abstract Summary
Study of 22 patients undergoing carotid stenting found mixed cognitive outcomes: 36% improved while 27% developed deficits six weeks post-procedure. Surprisingly, brain lesions detected on imaging didn’t predict cognitive changes, making individual outcomes difficult to forecast after this common stroke-prevention treatment.
Why Brain? ðŸ§
Study finds carotid stenting shows mixed cognitive outcomes – some patients improve while others decline – but brain lesions on imaging don’t predict who will have cognitive problems after the procedure.
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