How do you counsel patients interested in carotid endarterectomy for asymptomatic carotid disease as a means to reduce dementia risk?  

This is a good question. I reviewed the paper by Vitali et al, PMID 40922111 and I would add that previous studies of patients with asymptomatic carotid stenosis have not found a reduction in dementia with the procedures. In this retrospective study, carotid endarterectomy but not carotid stent...