Cognitive trajectory in the first year after first-ever ischaemic stroke in young adults: the ODYSSEY study.
Mijntje M I SchellekensRavi C S SpringerEsther M BootJamie I VerhoevenMerel Sanne EkkerMayte E van AlebeekPaul J A M BrouwersRenate M ArntzGert W van DijkRob A R GonsInge W M van UdenTom den HeijerJulia H van TuijlKarlijn F de LaatAnouk G W van NordenSarah E VermeerMarian S G van ZagtenRobert J Van OostenbruggeMarieke J H WermerPaul J NederkoornFrank G van RooijIdo R van den WijngaardPaul L M de KortFrank-Erik De LeeuwRoy P C KesselsAnil Man TuladharPublished in: Journal of neurology, neurosurgery, and psychiatry (2024)
Cognitive impairment remains prevalent in young stroke even 1 year after the event. Most patients showed no cognitive change, however, recovery may have occurred in the early weeks after stroke, which was not assessed in our study. Among initially cognitively impaired patients, cognitive recovery is observed in processing speed, visuoconstruction and executive functioning. It is still not possible to predict cognitive recovery in individual patients.