Vascular Dementia
Current as of: May 28, 2019
Author: Healthwise Staff
Medical Review:Adam Husney, MD – Family Medicine & Anne C. Poinier, MD – Internal Medicine & Kathleen Romito, MD – Family Medicine & Myron F. Weiner, MD – Geriatric Psychiatry
Vascular (or multi-infarct) dementia refers to a decline in a person’s mental abilities that results from a series of strokes. A stroke occurs when blood flow to part of the brain is blocked, cutting off the blood supply to the brain. Vascular dementia often progresses step by step, with declines in memory and mental…