Autores
John T O'Brien, Timo Erkinjuntti, Barry Reisberg, Gustavo Roman, Tohru Sawada, Leonardo Pantoni, John V Bowler, Clive Ballard, Charles DeCarli, Philip B Gorelick, Kenneth Rockwood, Alistair Burns, Serge Gauthier, Steven T DeKosky
Fecha de publicación
2003/2/1
Origen
The Lancet Neurology
Volumen
2
Número
2
Páginas
89-98
Editor
Elsevier
Descripción
Cerebrovascular disease is the second most common cause of acquired cognitive impairment and dementia and contributes to cognitive decline in the neurodegenerative dementias. The current narrow definitions of vascular dementia should be broadened to recognise the important part cerebrovascular disease plays in several cognitive disorders, including the hereditary vascular dementias, multi-infarct dementia, post-stroke dementia, subcortical ischaemic vascular disease and dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and degenerative dementias (including Alzheimer's disease, frontotemporal dementia, and dementia with Lewy bodies). Here we review the current state of scientific knowledge on the subject of vascular brain burden. Important non-cognitive features include depression, apathy, and psychosis. We propose use of the term vascular cognitive impairment, which is characterised by a specific cognitive …
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