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Cognitive impairment in patients with cerebrovascular disease: A white paper from the links between stroke ESO Dementia Committee.

Ana VerdelhoJoanna Marguerite WardlawAleksandra PavlovicLeonardo PantoniOlivier GodefroyMarco DueringAndreas CharidimouHugues ChabriatGeert Jan Biessels
Published in: European stroke journal (2021)
Many patients with stroke or other cerebrovascular disease have cognitive impairment, but this is often not recognized. With improvement in acute stroke care, and with the ageing of populations, it is expected that more stroke survivors and more patients with cerebrovascular disease will need adequate management of cognitive impairment of vascular etiology. This document was conceived for the use of strokologists and for those clinicians involved in cerebrovascular disease, with specific and practical hints concerning diagnostic tools, cognitive impairment management and decision on some therapeutic options.Discussion and conclusions: It is essential to consider a possible cognitive deterioration in every patient who experiences a stroke. Neuropsychological evaluation should be adapted to the clinical status. Brain imaging is the most informative biomarker concerning prognosis. Treatment should always include adequate secondary prevention.
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