Table 6.
Major cerebrovascular lesions associated with cognitive impairment.
1. | Gross large infarcts in supply territories of large cerebral arteries, in particular ACM, ACM+ACP, unilateral or bilateral |
2. | Lacunes (lesions 0.5–15 mm (Ø) and multiple microinfarcts or small hemorrhages in basal ganglia, thalamus, hippocampus, basal forebrain (“strategic infarct dementia”) |
3. | Multiple microinfarcts/scars in cortical border zones (“granular cortical atrophy”)—rare |
4. | Pseudolaminar cortical necrosis (mainly arterial border zones) |
5. | Hippocampal sclerosis |
6. | White matter lesions/leukoaraiosis/Binswanger disease |
7. | Combined cerebrovascular lesions |
ACM, middle cerebral artery; ACP, posterior cerebral artery.