Stroke Revisited: Vascular Cognitive Impairment

Description:

This book presents state of the art knowledge on vascular cognitive impairment (VCI). The focus is in particular on two major representative clinical syndromes of VCI: subcortical VCI and post-stroke cognitive impairment. Individual chapters address a wide range of topics and issues, providing up-to-date information on epidemiology, cognitive evaluation, pathophysiology, established and emerging neuroimaging biomarkers, amyloid imaging, serum and genetic biomarkers, prognosis, prevention, and treatment. The accompanying illustrations and photos enable the reader to achieve a ready understanding of the contents and to retrieve fundamental information quickly. The book will be an invaluable resource for stroke physicians, surgeons, and students wishing to learn more about the latest advances, from efforts to harmonize neuropsychological evaluation and improvements in diagnostic criteria through to the role of advanced neuroimaging techniques in deepening understanding of VCI and progress toward more targeted treatment.

Table of Contents:’

1. Definition and Concept of Vascular Cognitive Impairment

2. Post-stroke Cognitive Impairment

3. Subcortical Vascular Cognitive Impairment

4. Gait in Vascular Cognitive Impairment

5. Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms in Vascular Cognitive Impairment

6. Cognitive Evaluation in Patients with Vascular Cognitive Impairment

7. Pathophysiology of Vascular Cognitive Impairment (I): Theoretical Background

8. Pathophysiology of Vascular Cognitive Impairment (II): Amyloid Contribution in Vascular Cognitive Impairment

9. Classical Neuroimaging Biomarkers of Vascular Cognitive Impairment

10. Neuroimaging Characteristics of Subcortical Vascular Cognitive Impairment

11. Pharmacological Treatment: Current Evidence for Clinical Uses of Alzheimer’s Disease Drugs