April 1, 2012Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
The links between complex coronary disease, cerebrovascular disease, and degenerative brain disease
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Cardiovascular risk factors, complex coronary artery disease, and cerebrovascular disease are increasingly recognized as playing a major role in dementia and other degenerative brain diseases.
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May warrant vascular risk assessment in cognitive impairment; leaves open prospective trials to confirm causality.
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Cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, and degenerative brain disease
Highlights the emerging relationships between cardiovascular risk factors, coronary artery disease, cerebrovascular disease, and degenerative brain disease such as dementia.
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Kovacic et al. (2012) conducted a review in Cardiovascular disease, cerebrovascular disease, and degenerative brain disease. Cardiovascular risk factors, complex coronary artery disease, and cerebrovascular disease are increasingly recognized as playing a major role in dementia and other degenerative brain diseases.