The Problem With Asymptomatic Cerebral Embolic Complications in Vascular Procedures: What If They Are Not Asymptomatic?

摘要: Cerebral embolic events related to carotid and cardiac disease have been known for decades. Recently, cerebral become a focus of clinical importance as complications vascular procedures. Further, the development new technologies procedures has increased overall significance. Although relative safety these is usually defined by acute stroke risk, it also becoming clear that far more subclinical are occurring. Recent reports provided substantial evidence memory loss, cognitive decline, dementia so-called silent infarcts. Literature magnetic resonance imaging lead an estimate many 600,000 patients with brain injury each year in United States alone. Given magnitude numbers involved, impact accelerated loss premature senescence vulnerable at-risk population could well be significant.