TABLE 1.

Diagnostic categories of various types of VCID and AD

Diagnostic Category	Abbreviation	Features
Subcortical ischemic vascular disease of the Binswanger type	SIVD-BD	Vascular risk factors; imbalance; Extensive white matter disease; BBB opening
Multiple infarcts	MI	Large vessel strokes
Single strategic strokes	SSS	Lacunar strokes in basal ganglia
Mixed	VCI/AD	Evidence of both vascular disease and Alzheimer’s disease
Leukoaraiosis	SIVD-LA	White matter changes of unknown etiology
Alzheimer’s disease	AD	Primary memory loss; posterior cortical atrophy; CSF phosphoTau elevated and Aβ decrease