MULTI-INFARCTION VASCULAR DEMENTIA – LITERATURE REVIEW

• DOI: https://doi.org/10.22533/at.ed.0159422404018

• Palavras-chave: Pseudodementia; Cognitive impairment; Vascular dementia.

• Keywords: Pseudodementia; Cognitive impairment; Vascular dementia.

• Abstract:

  Introduction: Cognitive impairment in individuals with cerebrovascular disease results in difficulties in exercising one or more advanced mental functions, which may progress to dementia, in which a lasting deficiency in mental functions considerably impacts performance and functioning (CAMPUZANO SC, et al, 2022). Objective: To review the relationship between dementia and vascular multiinfarctions. Result: Vascular dementia is subdivided into types: multi-infarction dementia, characterized by multiple cerebral infarctions over time; dementia due to strategic infarction, with infarctions located in highly connected cortico-subcortical areas; and dementia due to ischemic disease of the small arteries, caused by lacunar infarctions or lesions in the white matter (CAMPUZANO SC, et al., 2022). Conclusion: Around 30% to 40% of people with cerebrovascular disease have some degree of cognitive impairment.