TY - JOUR
T1 - Computed tomography in the detection of the vascular component in dementia
AU - Frisoni, Giovanni B.
AU - Beltramello, Alberto
AU - Binetti, Giuliano
AU - Bianchetti, Angelo
AU - Weiss, Claudia
AU - Seuratti, Alberto
AU - Trabucchi, Marco
PY - 1995
Y1 - 1995
N2 - We evaluated the presence and type of vascular lesions with computerized tomography (CT) in 94 cognitively impaired elderly patients who had been defined as degenerative (Alz-heimer’s disease, AD) or vascular (multi-infarct dementia, MID) dementia patients on the basis of clinical data. Twenty- six percent of the 77 AD, but only 59% of the 17 MID patients had vascular lesions. The most represented vascular lesions were leukoaraiosis in AD and hemispherical cortical lesions in MID patients. Age, signs indicative of, and risk factors for vascular disease were associated with vascular lesions on CT. We conclude that CT scan is a necessary complement to historical and clinical data in the detection of vascularity in demented patients.
AB - We evaluated the presence and type of vascular lesions with computerized tomography (CT) in 94 cognitively impaired elderly patients who had been defined as degenerative (Alz-heimer’s disease, AD) or vascular (multi-infarct dementia, MID) dementia patients on the basis of clinical data. Twenty- six percent of the 77 AD, but only 59% of the 17 MID patients had vascular lesions. The most represented vascular lesions were leukoaraiosis in AD and hemispherical cortical lesions in MID patients. Age, signs indicative of, and risk factors for vascular disease were associated with vascular lesions on CT. We conclude that CT scan is a necessary complement to historical and clinical data in the detection of vascularity in demented patients.
KW - Alzheimer’s disease
KW - Cerebrovascular disease
KW - Computerized tomography
KW - Leukoaraiosis
KW - Mixed dementia
KW - Multi-infarct dementia
KW - Vascular dementia
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U2 - 10.1159/000213672
DO - 10.1159/000213672
M3 - Article
C2 - 7744267
AN - SCOPUS:0028931845
VL - 41
SP - 121
EP - 128
JO - Gerontology
JF - Gerontology
SN - 0304-324X
IS - 2
ER -