Carotid disease and cognitive dysfunction

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Barnett, HJM
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[1] King City, Ont. L7B 1K4, 14865
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10.7326/0003-4819-140-4-200402170-00013
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R5 [内科学];
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1002 ; 100201 ;
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In this issue, Johnston and colleagues report on cognition at baseline and subsequent cognitive decline in 4006 patients who were free of symptomatic vascular disease. They found an association between stenosis of the carotid artery that supplies the dominant hemisphere and cognitive impairment and decline. Although their evidence is important, we need larger, more inclusive studies before deciding that carotid stenosis causes functionally important cognitive impairment.
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