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At the Heart of Brain Disorders – Preventing Cognitive Decline and Dementia

Author(s) -

Augusto Vicario,

Gustavo H. Cerezo

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

european cardiology review

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.864

H-Index - 12

eISSN - 1758-3764

pISSN - 1758-3756

DOI - 10.15420/ecr.2015.10.01.60

Subject(s) - neurocognitive , dementia , vascular dementia , stroke (engine) , cognitive decline , medicine , disease , cognition , cognitive impairment , neuroscience , psychology , psychiatry , mechanical engineering , engineering

Vascular risk factors are shared by heart and brain. Vascular brain injury (small vessel disease, stroke) alone or combined with neurodegenerative pathology (β-amyloid depositions) brings about either cognitive decline and vascular dementia or Alzheimer’s disease. Long-term exposure to vascular risk factors precedes the onset of neurocognitive diseases by one or two decades. Early detection and control of modifiable vascular risk factors seem to be the only current strategies to prevent cognitive impairment and dementia.

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