Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy Is Associated With Executive Dysfunction and Mild Cognitive Impairment [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions—
Mild cognitive impairment is very prevalent in CAA. The overall cognitive profile of CAA is more similar to that seen in vascular cognitive impairment rather than Alzheimer’s disease. White matter ischemic lesions may underlie some of the impaired processing speed in CAA.

Source: Stroke - July 24, 2016 Category: Neurology Authors: Case, N. F., Charlton, A., Zwiers, A., Batool, S., McCreary, C. R., Hogan, D. B., Ismail, Z., Zerna, C., Coutts, S. B., Frayne, R., Goodyear, B., Haffenden, A., Smith, E. E. Tags: Cerebrovascular Disease/Stroke, Cognitive Impairment, Intracranial Hemorrhage Clinical Sciences Source Type: research