Why the study?
Is arterial stiffness (measured by pulse wave velocity) associated with cognitive impairment in patients with mild to moderate nonvascular dementia?
Population
27 subjects with mild to moderate nonvascular dementia referred to a Memory Clinic. Excluded: definite…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Arterial stiffness was associated with cognitive impairment in nonvascular dementia; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective confirmation before clinical consideration.
Is arterial stiffness (measured by pulse wave velocity) associated with cognitive impairment in patients with mild to moderate nonvascular dementia?
Arterial stiffness, measured by pulse wave velocity, is independently associated with cognitive impairment in patients with mild to moderate nonvascular dementia, suggesting a vascular contribution even in subclinical states.
Nagai et al. (2004) studied this question.
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