The AHA/ASA and DSM-V diagnostic criteria for vascular cognitive impairment identify cases with predominant vascular pathology.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are major challenges in determining the etiology of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) clinically, especially in the presence of mixed pathologies, such as vascular and amyloid. Most recently, two criteria (American Heart Association/American Stroke Association (AHA/ASA) and Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition (DSM-V)) have been proposed for the clinical diagnosis of VCI but have not as yet been validated using neuroimaging.

Aims

This study aims to determine whether the AHA/ASA and DSM-V criteria for VCI can distinguish between cases with predominantly vascular pathology and cases with mixed pathology.

Methods

A total of 186 subjects were recruited from a cross-sectional memory clinic-based study at the National Unive

SUBMITTER: Folloso MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11408959 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature