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Vascular dementia is the result of infarction of the brain due to vascular disease, including hypertensive cerebrovascular disease. The infarcts are usually small but cumulative in their effect. Onset is usually in later life. 
Includes: arteriosclerotic dementia 

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Vascular dementia of acute onset 
Usually develops rapidly after a succession of strokes from cerebrovascular thrombosis, embolism or haemorrhage. In rare cases, a single large infarction may be the cause. 　  

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Multi-infarct dementia 
Gradual in onset, following a number of transient ischaemic episodes which produce an accumulation of infarcts in the cerebral parenchyma. 
Predominantly cortical dementia

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Subcortical vascular dementia 
Includes cases with a history of hypertension and foci of ischaemic destruction in the deep white matter of the cerebral hemispheres. The cerebral cortex is usually preserved and this contrasts with the clinical picture which may closely resemble that of dementia in Alzheimer's disease. 

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Mixed cortical and subcortical vascular dementia 

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Other vascular dementia 

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Vascular dementia unspecified



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