The relationship between atherosclerosis and dementia.
Jana JanoutováOndřej MachaczkaMartina KovalováAnna ZatloukalováPetr AmbrozVeronika KoutnáEva MrázkováMichal BarMartin RoubecPetra BártováRichard NovobilskýMartin SabelaPavlína KušnierováDavid StejskalLucie FaldynováSylwia WalczyskováMartin VališLukáš ŠkoloudíkPetra ŠolínováDavid ŠkoloudíkVladimír JanoutPublished in: Central European journal of public health (2024)
Cognitively impaired individuals, in particular those with vascular cognitive impairment, have poorer quality of life and shorter survival. Risk factors contributing to such impairment are similar to those for ischaemic or haemorrhagic stroke. It may be concluded that most of the analysed risk factors play a role in the development of both atherosclerosis and dementia.