Does carotid endarterectomy improve cognitive functioning? Ercolie R. Bossema, MSc, Nico Brand, PhD, Frans L. Moll, MD, PhD, Rob G.A. Ackerstaff, MD, PhD, Lorenz J.P. van Doornen, PhD Journal of Vascular Surgery Volume 41, Issue 5, Pages 775-781 (May 2005) DOI: 10.1016/j.jvs.2004.12.057 Copyright © 2005 The Society for Vascular Surgery. Terms and Conditions
Performances of healthy controls and patients before (baseline) and at 3 and 12 months after carotid endarterectomy (CEA) or remote endarterectomy (REA) on the (a) Word Learning Test delayed recall, (b) Trail Making Text part B, (c) Motor Planning Test planning, and (d) Finger Tapping Test dominant hand. Only the time effect (across the two groups) on each of these tests was significant. Journal of Vascular Surgery 2005 41, 775-781DOI: (10.1016/j.jvs.2004.12.057) Copyright © 2005 The Society for Vascular Surgery. Terms and Conditions