Vascular dementia or multi-infarct dementia is dementia caused by problems in the supply of blood to the brain, typically by a series of minor strokes. Vascular dementia is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer`s disease (AD) in older adults. Multi-infarct dementia (MID) is thought to be irreversible and it is caused by a number....
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A state of diminished cognition that is the results from repeated cerebral strokes with a step-like deterioration in intellectual functions with focal neurological signs, as the result of multiple infarctions of the cerebral hemispheres. ... Synonym: multi-infarct dementia. ... (07 Mar 2000) ...
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patchy deterioration of intellectual function resulting from damage by a significant cerebrovascular disorder.
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(see Dementia)
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a steplike deterioration in intellectual functions with focal neurologic signs, as the result of multiple infarctions of the cerebral hemispheres. Synonyms: multi-infarct dementia
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Vascular dementia: A common form of dementia in older persons that is due to cerebrovascular disease, usually with stepwise deterioration from a series of small strokes and a patchy distribution of neurologic deficits affecting some functions and not others. Risk factors include high blood pressure, an unsteady way of walking, and advanced age. Sym...
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vascular dementia A common form of dementia in older persons that is due to cerebrovascular disease, usually with step-by-step deterioration from a series of small strokes and a patchy distribution of neurologic deficits affecting some functions and not others. Risk factors include high blood pressure, an unsteady way of walking, and advanced age....
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See multi-infarct dementia or MID.
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Multi Infarct Dementia. A dementia caused by small or mini strokes that may be so small that they go undetected, but eventually results in a stepwise deterioration of cognitive functioning. Similar risk factors to those of cardiac disease, more common in men than in women and less common after age 75 years. May co-exist with Alzheimer’s disease.
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Multi-infarct dementia, also known as vascular dementia, is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease in older adults. It is caused by a narrowing or blocking of blood vessels in the brain.
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is often the result of a stroke or a series of ‘mini-strokes’ which restrict the supply of blood to the brain and cause brain tissue to die. Contributory factors to the onset of vascular dementia may include high blood pressure, obesity, diabetes and heart disease. The impairment of cognitive function progresses step-by-step, with concentration...
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