Diseases

Vascular Dementia

An imprecise term referring to dementia associated with CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS, including CEREBRAL INFARCTION (single or multiple), and conditions associated with chronic BRAIN ISCHEMIA. Diffuse, cortical, and subcortical subtypes have been described. (From Gerontol Geriatr 1998 Feb;31(1):36-44)

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An imprecise term referring to dementia associated with CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS, including CEREBRAL INFARCTION (single or multiple), and conditions associated with chronic BRAIN ISCHEMIA. Diffuse, cortical, and subcortical subtypes have been described. (From Gerontol Geriatr 1998 Feb;31(1):36-44)

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39 entry terms
  • Dementia, Vascular
  • Dementias, Vascular
  • Vascular Dementias
  • Acute Onset Vascular Dementia
  • Arteriosclerotic Dementia
  • Arteriosclerotic Encephalopathy, Subcortical
  • Binswanger Disease
  • Binswanger Encephalopathy
  • Binswanger's Disease
  • Chronic Progressive Subcortical Encephalopathy
  • Encephalopathy, Binswanger
  • Encephalopathy, Binswanger's
  • Encephalopathy, Chronic Progressive Subcortical
  • Encephalopathy, Subcortical Arteriosclerotic
  • Encephalopathy, Subcortical, Chronic Progressive
  • Leukoencephalopathy, Subcortical
  • Subcortical Arteriosclerotic Encephalopathy
  • Subcortical Encephalopathy, Chronic Progressive
  • Subcortical Leukoencephalopathy
  • Subcortical Vascular Dementia
  • Vascular Dementia, Acute Onset
  • Arteriosclerotic Dementias
  • Arteriosclerotic Encephalopathies, Subcortical
  • Binswanger's Encephalopathy
  • Binswangers Disease
  • Dementia, Arteriosclerotic
  • Dementia, Subcortical Vascular
  • Dementias, Arteriosclerotic
  • Dementias, Subcortical Vascular
  • Disease, Binswanger
  • Disease, Binswanger's
  • Encephalopathies, Subcortical Arteriosclerotic
  • Encephalopathy, Binswangers
  • Leukoencephalopathies, Subcortical
  • Subcortical Arteriosclerotic Encephalopathies
  • Subcortical Leukoencephalopathies
  • Subcortical Vascular Dementias
  • Vascular Dementia, Subcortical
  • Vascular Dementias, Subcortical

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31 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, virology.

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1989

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Previous Indexing

  • Cerebral Arteriosclerosis (1966-1988)
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders (1966-1988)
  • Dementia (1981-1988)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Vascular Dementia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015140. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015140
  2. Vascular Dementia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vascular_dementia
  3. Vascular Dementia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q583908