Multi-infarct dementia.
Vascular dementia and its most common subtype, multi-infarct dementia, are pathologically proven clinical entities. Their prevalence is not as high as previously thought, but they do represent a significant percentage of the population of demented patients. The diagnosis is more difficult to make than is the diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease; however, there are excellent criteria to guide the physician in making the diagnosis. At present the only treatment available is to control the risk factors responsible for the basic disease process; in the majority of cases this requires controlling hypertension.
Dept of Neurology, Ochsner Clinic, New Orleans, LA 70121.
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D015161:Dementia, Multi-Infarct / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans