Carotid plaque strain indices were correlated with cognitive performance in a cohort with advanced atherosclerosis, and traditional doppler measures showed no …

CC Mitchell, SM Wilbrand, TD Cook… - … of Ultrasound in …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objectives Traditional Doppler measures have been used to predict cognitive performance
in patients with carotid atherosclerosis. Novel measures, such as carotid plaque strain …

Carotid atherosclerotic plaque instability and cognition determined by ultrasound-measured plaque strain in asymptomatic patients with significant stenosis

RJ Dempsey, T Varghese, DC Jackson, X Wang… - Journal of …, 2017 - thejns.org
OBJECTIVE This article describes the use of ultrasound measurements of physical strain
within carotid atherosclerotic plaques as a measure of instability and the potential for …

Common carotid flow velocity is associated with cognition in older adults

GX Fu, Y Miao, H Yan, Y Zhong - Canadian journal of neurological …, 2012 - cambridge.org
Aims: To assess the relationship between carotid flow velocity and cognitive impairment in
patients with mild-moderate (< 50%) carotid artery disease. Methods: We studied 407 …

Impaired cognitive function in patients with atherosclerotic carotid stenosis and correlation with ultrasound strain measurements

BG Rocque, D Jackson, T Varghese, B Hermann… - Journal of the …, 2012 - Elsevier
INTRODUCTION: It has been postulated that up to 11 million “silent” strokes occur annually.
While these patients are without classic neurologic deficits, they may exhibit cognitive …

The relative associations of aortic and carotid artery stiffness with CeVD and cognition

C Robert, LH Ling, ESJ Tan… - Journal of Cerebral …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
We examined the relative associations of aortic and carotid artery stiffness with
cerebrovascular disease (CeVD), cognition, and dementia subtypes in a memory clinic …

[HTML][HTML] The relative contributions of aortic and carotid artery stiffness to CeVD and cognition

C Robert, LH Ling, E Tan… - … -Cognition and Behavior, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction The relative contributions of aortic and carotid artery stiffness on cognitive
impairment and dementia remain unknown. We examined the associations of aortic and …

Classification of symptomatic and asymptomatic patients with and without cognitive decline using non-invasive carotid plaque strain indices as biomarkers

X Wang, DC Jackson, CC Mitchell, T Varghese… - Ultrasound in medicine …, 2016 - Elsevier
Vascular cognitive decline may be caused by micro-emboli generated by carotid plaque
instability. We previously found that maximum strain indices in carotid plaque were …

A cross-sectional investigation of cognition and ultrasound-based vascular strain indices

NH Meshram, D Jackson, T Varghese… - Archives of Clinical …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objective We examine the relationship between variability in the plaque strain distribution
estimated using ultrasound with multiple cognitive domains including executive, language …

Effects of carotid artery stiffness on cerebral small‐vessel disease and cognition

C Robert, LH Ling, ESJ Tan, B Gyanwali… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Carotid artery stiffness is associated with cognitive impairment and dementia,
but the underlying mechanisms remain unknown. We examined the associations of carotid …

Improved correlation of strain indices with cognitive dysfunction with inclusion of adventitial layer with carotid plaque

X Wang, CC Mitchell, T Varghese… - Ultrasonic …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Plaque instability may lead to chronic embolization, which in turn may contribute to
progressive cognitive decline. Accumulated strain tensor indices over a cardiac cycle within …