Functional MRI Study of Working Memory Impairment in Patients with Symptomatic Carotid Artery Disease

Table 1

Demographic characteristics of patients and controls.

	Left ICA (𝑛=11)	Right ICA (𝑛=10)	Control (𝑛=21)
Age, years (mean ± SD)	59.45±11.72	56.10±10.86	54.64±11.85
Gender M/F	8/3	3/7	11/10
Education, years (mean ± SD)	10.36±4.03	11.60±2.72	12.00±2.95
Auditory digital memory (mean ± SD)	88.48±8.16	89.63±7.39	97.34±3.28
Visual digital memory (mean ± SD)	90.37±6.02	91.44±6.71	98.02±3.15
Severity of vessel stenosis
70–99%, 𝑛	8	5	/
Occlusion, 𝑛	3	5	/
Hypertension, 𝑛	5	4	/
Hypercholesterolemia, 𝑛	1	2	/
Diabetes, 𝑛	1	1	/
Heart disease, 𝑛	1	1	/
Smokers, 𝑛	2	2	/
White matter lesions, 𝑛	6	5	/