Growing evidence suggests a consistent association between atrial fibrillation (AF) and
cognitive impairment and dementia that is independent of clinical stroke. This report from the …

Two decades of epidemiological research shows that silent cerebrovascular disease is
common and is associated with future risk for stroke and dementia. It is the most common …

Despite the global impact and advances in understanding the pathophysiology of
cerebrovascular diseases, the term “stroke” is not consistently defined in clinical practice, in …

Background and Purpose—This scientific statement provides an overview of the evidence
on vascular contributions to cognitive impairment and dementia. Vascular contributions to …

Background In non-surgical settings, covert stroke is more common than overt stroke and is
associated with cognitive decline. Although overt stroke occurs in less than 1% of adults …

Perioperative stroke is a potentially devastating complication in patients undergoing
noncardiac, nonneurological surgery. This scientific statement summarizes established risk …

Cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA) results from deposition of β‐amyloid in the media and
adventitia of small arteries and capillaries of the leptomeninges and cerebral cortex and is a …

Objective: To examine the spectrum of neuropathology in persons from the Rush Memory
and Aging Project, a longitudinal community-based clinical-pathologic cohort study …

Background and Purpose—One in 3 individuals will experience a stroke, dementia or both.
Moreover, twice as many individuals will have cognitive impairment short of dementia as …

Background Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain is increasingly used both in
research and in clinical medicine, and scanner hardware and MRI sequences are …