COGNITIVE AND EMOTIONAL DYSFUNCTION IN PATIENTS AFTER TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACKS (TIA)

To assess the cognitive and emotional outcomes in patients following transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), and to analyze correlations with clinical, neuroimaging, and risk factor profiles. The main objective of this thesis is to investigate the short- and medium-term cognitive and emotional consequences that follow transient ischemic attacks (TIA) in patients aged 40–70 years. Although TIAs have historically been viewed as benign and reversible neurological events, growing research suggests that even brief cerebral ischemia can result in lasting disruptions in cognition and mood.