The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 5 , Pages 1133-1134 , May 2007

Five-year cognitive outcomes: Surgical effects or natural progression of vascular disease

  • John W. Hammon Jr, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for reprints: John W. Hammon, Jr, MD, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Medical Center Blvd, Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1096.
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  • David A. Stump, PhD

Received 27 October 2006 ,Accepted 2 November 2006.

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    Annual rate of persons with first silent stroke by age (per 100,000 persons). (From Leary MC, Saver JL. Annual incidence of first silent stroke in the United States. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2003;16:280-5. Published with the permission of S. Karger AG, Basel.)

PII: S0022-5223(06)02194-5

doi: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.11.032

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Volume 133, Issue 5 , Pages 1133-1134 , May 2007