Vascular Dementia is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer's disease. It may occur in patients who have had a stroke or have multiple small ischemic lesions.

As with other dementias, symptoms such as cognitive impairment as well as language problems (aphasia), memory, visual skills, executive skills, and emotions are shown. Neuropsychiatric disorders such as depression and psychosis are common in 50% of patients. These symptoms are quite serious and affect the activities of everyday life.

Various factors such as arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus, hyperlipidemia, and smoking are important causative factors that increase the risk of developing stroke. In a significant proportion of patients vascular dementia may coexist with Alzheimer's disease.

The diagnosis of vascular dementia is carried out after a thorough neurological examination, examination of the patient's mental state with specialized neuropsychological tests, and visualization of the brain by CT or MRI for evidence of vascular lesions, in conjunction with a history of vascular stroke or other cardiac and vascular problems. In Veresies Clinic, Vascular Dementia is treated with medication. The regulation of risk factors can also slow the progression of this dementia.