Table 2. Vascular diseases and conditions associated with cognitive impairment and decline*.
Post-stroke dementia (heterogeneous pathobiology) |
Vascular dementias |
Cortical infarct dementia (multi-infarct dementia) |
Subcortical ischemic vascular dementia (Binswanger’s disease and lacunar state) |
Strategic infarct dementia |
Hypoperfusion dementia |
Dementia caused by intracerebral hemorrhage |
Dementia as a result of specific arteriopathies |
Mixed dementia (vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease) |
Vascular mild cognitive impairment (does not meet formal criteria for dementia) |
From: Bradley, principles and practices of neurology Table 70-15. Reprinted from the Lancet Neurology Vol 2, O’Brien et al. Vascular cognitive impairment. pgs 89-98, 2003, with permission from Elsevier.