Poststroke Cognitive Impairment: A Longitudinal Follow-Up and Pre/Poststroke Mini-Mental State Examination Comparison

• Published in: Current Alzheimer research Vol. 19; no. 10; p. 716
• Main Authors: Hong, Chien-Tai, Lee, Hsun-Hua, Chung, Chen-Chih, Chiu, Wei-Ting, Lee, Ting-Yi, Chen, David Yen-Ting, Huang, Li-Kai, Hu, Chaur-Jong, Chan, Lung
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United Arab Emirates 01.01.2022
• Subjects: Brain Ischemia; Cognitive Dysfunction - diagnosis; Cognitive Dysfunction - etiology; Cognitive Dysfunction - psychology; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Ischemic Stroke; Stroke - complications; post-stroke cognitive impairment; Stroke; Alzheimer’s disease; cognition; cognitive decline; longitudinal

Poststroke cognitive impairment (PSCI) is a prevalent cause of disability in people with stroke. PSCI results from either lesion-dependent loss of cognitive function or augmentation of Alzheimer's pathology due to vascular insufficiency. The lack of prestroke cognitive assessments limits the cl...