John Meyer

Helmut Lechner

Gaiane Rauch

Carlo Loeb

Vascular dementia (VAD) accounts for one-third of all dementias in today''s aging population, second only to Alzheimer's disease (DAT). Fortunately, current imaging techniques allow clinicians to view specific lesions in the brain, classify them by etiology and anatomical location, and assess changes using serial imaging, while at the same time correlating those changes with signs and symptoms of VAD or DAT. In 17 chapters, this book summarizes new concepts concerning the epidemiology, etiology, risk factors, neuropathology and pathogenesis of VAD and DAT, and mixtures of the two, and reviews their multiple causes, including microvascular and hemorrhagic lesions, and ischemic and inflammatory changes affecting both white and gray matter.

Vascular Dementia

This book contains fifty peer-reviewed scientific articles from major stroke centers from fifteen different countries of the world. According to the planned program, the three major categories of subjects include: Brain-heart relationships; Neuroimaging and leuko-araiosis; Prevention, therapy and rehabilitation of stroke. Subjects covered include mitral valve prolapse, atrial fibrillation, open-heart surgery, cardio-respiratory arrest, leuko-araiosis and dementia, amyloid angiopathy, PET scanning, asymptomatic cerebral hemorrhage, transcranial Doppler and therapeutic trials of stroke prevention. Of interest to medical students, residents, physicians and research workers interested in stroke and its prevention, the book is an excellent up-to-date reference on current and basic research world-wide.

Proceedings of the World Federation of Neurology 15th International Salzburg Conference, September 27-September 29, 1990, Held in Santa Margherita Ligure

Helmut Lechner

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