Affiliations: [a]
Division of Cardiology, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
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Department of Neurological Sciences, Rush Alzheimer’s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL, USA
Correspondence:
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Correspondence to: Annabelle Santos Volgman, MD, FACC, FAHA, Rush Heart Center for Women, 1725 W. Harrison St., Suite 1159, Chicago, IL 60612, USA. E-mail: annabelle_volgman@rush.edu; Twitter: @avolgman.
Abstract: In a recent issue of the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Zinman et al. investigated the role of sex in the risk of cognitive impairment in 5,969 patients with a stroke or transient ischemic attacks. Using a short validated clinical screening tool, they noted that men had a 34% higher risk of screening positive for post-stroke cognitive impairment after adjusting for age, education, and stroke severity compared to women. This study highlights that more large, prospective, and multicenter studies are needed to evaluate sex-specific changes after a stroke since sex differences exist in many aspects of stroke presentation and management.
