Tag: dementia
Dementia patients see worse outcomes after AAA repair
A cohort study using national Medicare data found patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias face significantly higher risks across different outcomes after elective...
A new pathway for preventing dementia?
Craig Weinkauf, MD, is leading a trial looking into a connection between Alzheimer's and carotid stenosis. ‘We want to try to quantify the brain:...
Randomized trial suggests carotid endarterectomy does not affect dementia risk
Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) does not appear to either reduce or increase the risk of dementia, despite it having been shown to reduce stroke risk....