Source: Stroke  |  Posted 9 years ago

Risk of incident dementia is high among patients who have suffered ischemic stroke.

The risk is particularly high among ischemic stroke patients who also have intercurrent medical illnesses associated with cerebral hypoxia or ischemia.

Previous epidemiological studies have suggested that as many as one fourth of elderly patients have dementia three months following ischemic stroke. However, few longitudinal studies have been conducted to determine the incidence of dementia after ischemic stroke.

Investigators from the Departments of Neurology and Pathology at SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, United States, conducted a longitudinal study including 334 ischemic stroke patients aged 70.4