TY - BOOK ID - 5450008 TI - Vascular dementia : cerebrovascular mechanisms and clinical management PY - 2005 SN - 9781588293664 1588293661 9781592598243 9786610359844 1280359846 1592598242 PB - Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, DB - UniCat KW - Vascular dementia KW - Démence vasculaire KW - Vascular dementia. KW - Dementia, Vascular KW - Dementia KW - Intracranial Arteriosclerosis KW - Leukoencephalopathies KW - Cerebrovascular Disorders KW - Brain Diseases KW - Intracranial Arterial Diseases KW - Central Nervous System Diseases KW - Arteriosclerosis KW - Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders KW - Mental Disorders KW - Nervous System Diseases KW - Arterial Occlusive Diseases KW - Psychiatry and Psychology KW - Vascular Diseases KW - Diseases KW - Cardiovascular Diseases KW - Neurology KW - Medicine KW - Health & Biological Sciences KW - Cerebrovascular disease. KW - Apoplexy KW - Brain KW - Cerebral circulation disorders KW - Cerebral vascular accident KW - Cerebrovascular accident KW - Cerebrovascular disorders KW - Cerebrovascular syndrome KW - CVA (Disease) KW - Stroke KW - VaD (Vascular dementia) KW - Blood-vessels KW - Medicine. KW - Neurology. KW - Medicine & Public Health. KW - Neglect (Neurology) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5450008 AB - With an aging population suffering from a high level of cardiac and cerebrovascular disease, it has become increasingly clear that the time may be ripe for a deeper understanding of vascular disease (VaD). In Vascular Dementia: Cerebrovascular Mechanisms and Clinical Management, a panel of multidisciplinary experts summarizes our current understanding of the biological and clinical aspects of the condition. The authors describe the basic mechanisms associated with aging and cerebrovascular disease that may play an important role in the development of VaD, and identify its impact on cognitive status, psychiatric health, and the ability of patients to complete the tasks of daily living. Additional chapters address the pharmacological management of vascular dementia and the use of neuroimaging methods to investigate it, with particular attention devoted to both functional and structural imaging techniques. The complex relationship between VaD and Alzheimer's disease (AD) is fully explored, with chapters on how these processes may interact and how one disease may lower the threshold for clinical expression of the other. The authors also consider the impact of VaD on the perceived quality of life of patients and caregivers, two issues rarely discussed in the scientific community. Comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date, Vascular Dementia: Cerebrovascular Mechanisms and Clinical Management offers both clinicians and basic scientists a wide ranging account of this rapidly developing field, explores the direction of future VaD studies, and authoritatively describes today's optimal therapeutic approaches. ER -