Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional
Official Title: Amyloid Deposition and Preexisting Vulnerable Carotid Plaque Features Predicting Cognitive Improvement After Surgery
Brief Summary: The invesigators propose a clinical study on patients undergoing carotid surgery (endarterectomy). The invesigators will determine carotid artery imaging features associated with (1) vessel wall inflammation, (2) downstream brain inflammation, and (3) cognitive benefit from surgery. This project will uncover links between inflamed carotid plaque and downstream brain inflammation. The invesigators will also determine carotid plaque imaging features predicting cognitive benefit from carotid surgery.