A new study suggests that first-time transient ischemic attacks (TIAs) may be associated with a long-term cognitive decline comparable to stroke survivors. This finding challenges the conventional view of TIAs as benign events and highlights the need for cognitive screening in patients who have experienced a TIA.
First-time transient ischemic attacks may be associated with a long-term cognitive decline on par with stroke survivors, potentially overturning conventional beliefs about the neurologic impacts of TIAs, according to investigators.These findings suggest that healthcare providers should be conducting cognitive screening in patients who have experienced their first TIA, Victor A.
Cognitive function was assessed every 2 years using verbal fluency and memory tests, including the Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer’s Disease Word List Learning, Word List Delayed Recall, letter fluency, and animal naming tasks. Before their first TIA, participants exhibited cognitive trajectories like those exhibited by asymptomatic control individuals. But after experiencing a TIA, the rate of cognitive decline accelerated significantly. The annual cognitive decline rate among patients with TIA vs control individuals was −0.05 vs −0.02 SDs per year .
“Interestingly,” they went on, “a similar phenomenon of accelerated cognitive decline has been seen after systemic vascular events, such as myocardial infarction. This raises the possibility of other mechanisms, including systemic inflammation, and post-event anxiety or depression.”
COGNITIVE DECLINE TRANSIENT ISHEMIC ATTACK STROKE NEUROLOGICAL IMPAIRMENT COGNITIVE SCREENING
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