Vascular dementia: Persisting controversies and questions

Abstract:

The concept of vascular dementia remains controversial. Indeed, in many instances what is called vascular dementia may neither be vascular nor dementia. However, while overdiagnosis may be frequently made, underrecognition of vascular factors in dementia also seems common. Recent works show that focal/multifocal cognitive and executive dysfunction which may follow sequential or more rarely single-strategic stroke should be differentiated from more diffuse progressive intellectual decline mimicking a degenerative disorder (such as Alzheimer's disease) which may smoothly develop in over one fourth of stroke patients.

Año de publicación:

1996

Keywords:

• dementia
• RISK FACTORS
• Vascular dementia
• Leukoaraiosis
• Multi-infarct dementia
• White matter abnormalities
• epidemiology
• Cerebrovascular diseases
• stroke

Fuente:

scopus