Cognitive Functions of the Brain Before and After Reconstructing Operations Among the Patients With a Pathological Crimpiness of Carotid Arteries

Abstract

Chronic ischemia of the brain, as a result of pathogenous crimpiness of carotid arteries causes serious disorder of cognitive functions. Surgical restoration of adequate blood supply to the brain is accompanied with a considerable improvement of parameters which can serve as an objective criterion for effectiveness of patients’ rehabilitation after reconstructing operations at the carotid arteries.