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Treatment of Vascular Dementia
Author(s) -
OKAMOTO KOICHI,
TANAKA MAKOTO,
KONDO SUSUMU
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
annals of the new york academy of sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.712
H-Index - 248
eISSN - 1749-6632
pISSN - 0077-8923
DOI - 10.1111/j.1749-6632.2002.tb04858.x
Subject(s) - dementia , asymptomatic , vascular dementia , medicine , circulatory system , stroke (engine) , positron emission tomography , cerebral infarction , cardiology , cerebral hypoperfusion , cerebral atherosclerosis , cerebral circulation , vascular disease , perfusion , ischemia , radiology , mechanical engineering , disease , engineering
A bstract : We report positron emission tomography (PET) findings of our patients with vascular dementia, asymptomatic cerebral infarction, and chronic cerebral circulatory insufficiency. According to the PET studies, it was suggested that frontal lobe hypoperfusion and hypometabolism play important roles in dementia caused by cerebral infarctions. It was also suggested that patients with subjective complaints associated with asymptomatic strokes and patients with chronic cerebral circulatory insufficiency already exhibited decreased cerebral circulation. Since therapeutic approaches to vascular dementia after its development are limited, active control of risk factors and prevention of recurrent stroke during the developmental process of vascular dementia are important. We review recent situations in prevention and treatment of vascular dementia.