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Published online before print June 14, 2006, 10.1148/radiol.2402051043
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Is There Improvement of "Vascular Depression" after Carotid Artery Stent Placement?1

Wolfgang Mlekusch, MD, Irene Mlekusch, PhD, Erich Minar, MD, Markus Haumer, MD, Christoph W. Kopp, MD, Ramazanali Ahmadi, MD, Johannes Lehrner, PhD and Martin Schillinger, MD

1 From the Department of Internal Medicine II, Departments of Angiology (W.M., I.M., E.M., M.H., C.W.K., R.A., M.S.) and Neurology (J.L.), Vienna General Hospital, Medical School, Waehringer Guertel 18-20, A-1090 Vienna, Austria. Received June 21, 2005; revision requested August 18; revision received August 29; accepted September 21; final version accepted September 28. Address correspondence to W.M. (e-mail: wolfgang.mlekusch{at}meduniwien.ac.at).


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  		Figure 1a: Graph of course of BDI score before and after respective percutaneous intervention. (a) BDI score in 143 patients before and after CAS. (b) BDI score in 102 control subjects before and after PTA. Significant decrease of BDI score as measure of depression was found in 143 patients at 4 weeks after successful CAS. No significant change of BDI score was observed in 102 control subjects after PTA. Bar displays median, boxes represent IQR, and whiskers display total range.

 

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  		Figure 1b: Graph of course of BDI score before and after respective percutaneous intervention. (a) BDI score in 143 patients before and after CAS. (b) BDI score in 102 control subjects before and after PTA. Significant decrease of BDI score as measure of depression was found in 143 patients at 4 weeks after successful CAS. No significant change of BDI score was observed in 102 control subjects after PTA. Bar displays median, boxes represent IQR, and whiskers display total range.

 

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  		Figure 2: Graph of percentage and number of patients with clinically substantial depressive symptoms before and 4 weeks after CAS compared with those of control subjects with peripheral artery disease before and 4 weeks after PTA. Significant decrease in frequency of depressive symptoms was found in 143 patients after successful CAS. No significant change in frequency of depressive symptoms was observed in 100 control subjects after PTA. Bars represent percentages and 95% confidence intervals.

 

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  		Figure 3: Graph of standardized change in BDI score 4 weeks after CAS in patients and PTA in control subjects. Patients showed improvement of BDI score after CAS; control subjects after PTA showed virtually no change. Bar displays median, boxes represent IQR, and whiskers display total range.

 




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