Relationship of Local Infarctions to Cognitive and Psychosocial Impairments after Aneurysmal Subarachnoid Hemorrhage

Abstract

Left-hemisphere infarctions cause deficits in verbal memory and working capacity. The severity of SAH is associated with impairments in working capacity and social activity rather than with specific cognitive deficits. Patients' and partners' opinions on patients' mental impairments could provide complementary information to clinical grades and cognitive tests in the evaluation of outcome after SAH.