Vascular Dementia

Aka: Vascular Dementia, Multi-infarct Dementia

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II. Pathophysiology

  1. Dementia associated with multiple strokes
  2. Symptoms depend on infarction location
    1. Cerebral cortex
    2. Thalamus
    3. Basal Ganglia
    4. Hippocampus

III. Signs

  1. Impaired memory and altered behavior
  2. Depends on infarction distribution

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