One in three individuals will experience stroke, dementia or both. For most of the
20th century, dementia was attributed to arteriosclerosis and consequent chronic cerebral
ischemia, termed “arteriosclerotic dementia”. This view has been challenged by with
the increasing recognition of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and the demonstration that
infarcts and not chronic ischemia were the basis of what came to be termed “multi-infarct
dementia” (MID). The term “vascular dementia” subsequently replaced MID as it was
recognized that there were many etiologies, to stroke and dementia apart from multiple
infarcts.
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Published online: April 27, 2009
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