• (vascular dementia) A degenerative vascular disorder affecting the brain. It is caused by the blockage of the blood supply to the brain. It is manifested with decline of memory and cognitive functions.
  NCI
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• (vascular dementia) Dementia caused by narrowing or blockage of blood vessels in the brain or by a stroke or series of tiny strokes. Also called multi-infarct dementia.
  Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
  Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
• An imprecise term referring to dementia associated with CEREBROVASCULAR DISORDERS, including CEREBRAL INFARCTION (single or multiple), and conditions associated with chronic BRAIN ISCHEMIA. Diffuse, cortical, and subcortical subtypes have been described. (From Gerontol Geriatr 1998 Feb;31(1):36-44)
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
• Vascular dementia is acute or chronic cognitive deterioration due to diffuse or focal cerebral infarction that is most often related to cerebrovascular disease. Dementia is chronic, global, usually irreversible deterioration of cognition.
  Merck Manuals
  Merck & Co., Inc., 2025
• Vascular dementia is the second most common form of dementia after Alzheimer disease (AD). The condition is not a single disease; it is a group of syndromes relating to different vascular mechanisms.
  Medscape
  WebMD, 2025
• Vascular dementia is a general term describing problems with reasoning, planning, judgment, memory and other thought processes caused by brain damage from impaired blood flow to your brain.
  Mayo Clinic
  Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 2025
• Vascular dementia is a chronic progressive disease of the brain bringing about cognitive impairment. The executive functions of the brain such as planning are more prominently affected than memory. Motor and mood changes are often seen early. The underlying damage occurs to both gray matter and white matter from predominantly vascular...
  Epocrates
  Athenahealth, Inc., 2019