Demencia vascular pdf 2014

Seventyfive percent of dementias are caused by alzheimers disease, and other common types include vascular dementia and dementia with lewy bodies dening and sandilyan, 2015. However, unlike alzheimers disease, there are no licensed treatments for vascular dementia. Erkinjuntti, t, gauthier, s 2009 diagnosing vascular cognitive impairment and dementia. Vascular dementia is one of the most common causes of dementia after alzheimers disease, causing around 15% of cases. Vascular dementia as a risk marker in elderly hypertensive patients. The brain is supplied by arteries arising from the circle of willis, a polygon of interconnected vessels at the base of the brain formed by the confluence of the internal carotid arteries and the basilar artery fig. Abstract dementia is a syndrome characterized by progressive impairment of cognitive functions, particularly in memory, which affects social and occupational activities. Alzheimers disease and vascular dementia are two common types of dementia. They are considered as the second cause of dementia in the occidental word and they seem to. The second most common form of dementia, vascular dementia. Volume 11, issue 72, february 2015, pages 43234333. Vascular dementia, a heterogeneous group of brain disorders in which. This is a pdf file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication.

Demencia vascular the vascular dementias are one of the most serious problems in the medical studies. Progress in the specialty has been difficult because of uncertainties over disease classification and diagnostic criteria, controversy over the exact nature of the relation between. Vascular dementia is a type of dementia caused by damage to the brain from lack of blood flow or from bleeding in. Our world alzheimer report 2014 examines the latest existing evidence. The main vessels arising from the circle of willis the anterior middle and posterior cerebral arteries, and their branches. Erkinjuntti, t, roman, g, gauthier, s et al 2004 emerging therapies for vascular dementia and vascular cognitive impairment. A read is counted each time someone views a publication summary such as the title, abstract, and list of authors, clicks on a figure, or views or downloads the fulltext.