Long-term trajectories of decline in cognition and daily functioning before and after stroke.
Alis HeshmatollahLisanne J DommershuijsenLana FaniPeter J KoudstaalM Arfan IkramM Kamran IkramPublished in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2021)
Patients who had a stroke have steeper declines in cognition and daily functioning up to 10 years before their first-ever stroke compared with stroke-free individuals. Our findings suggest that accumulating intracerebral pathology already has a clinical impact before stroke.