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MeSH Heading: Dementia, Vascular
Tree Number(s): C10.228.140.300.400; C10.228.140.300.510.800.500; C10.228.140.380.230; C10.228.140.695.500; C14.907.137.126.372.500; C14.907.253.560.350.500; F03.615.400.350
Unique ID: D015140
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D015140
Scope Note: 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)
Entry Term(s): Acute Onset Vascular Dementia; Arteriosclerotic Dementia; Arteriosclerotic Encephalopathy, Subcortical; Binswanger Disease; Binswanger Encephalopathy; Binswanger's Disease; Chronic Progressive Subcortical Encephalopathy; Encephalopathy, Binswanger; Encephalopathy, Binswanger's; Encephalopathy, Chronic Progressive Subcortical; Encephalopathy, Subcortical Arteriosclerotic; Encephalopathy, Subcortical, Chronic Progressive; Leukoencephalopathy, Subcortical; Subcortical Arteriosclerotic Encephalopathy; Subcortical Encephalopathy, Chronic Progressive; Subcortical Leukoencephalopathy; Subcortical Vascular Dementia; Vascular Dementia; Vascular Dementia, Acute Onset
NLM Classification #: WM 220
Previous Indexing: Cerebral Arteriosclerosis (1966-1988); Cerebrovascular Disorders (1966-1988); Dementia (1981-1988)
Public MeSH Note: 1989
History Note: 1989
Date Established: 1989/01/01
Date of Entry: 1988/03/18
Revision Date: 2015/06/23

Allowable Qualifiers: blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemically induced (CI)

classification (CL)

complications (CO)

diagnosis (DI)

diagnostic imaging (DG)

diet therapy (DH)

drug therapy (DT)

economics (EC)

enzymology (EN)

epidemiology (EP)

ethnology (EH)

etiology (ET)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiopathology (PP)

prevention & control (PC)

psychology (PX)

rehabilitation (RH)

surgery (SU)

therapy (TH)

urine (UR)

virology (VI)

Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
  - Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
    - Cerebrovascular Disorders [C10.228.140.300]

Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
  - Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
    - Cerebrovascular Disorders [C10.228.140.300]
      - Intracranial Arterial Diseases [C10.228.140.300.510]
        
        Intracranial Arteriosclerosis [C10.228.140.300.510.800]
        
        Dementia, Vascular [C10.228.140.300.510.800.500]

Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
  - Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
    - Dementia [C10.228.140.380]

Nervous System Diseases [C10]
- Central Nervous System Diseases [C10.228]
  - Brain Diseases [C10.228.140]
    - Leukoencephalopathies [C10.228.140.695]

Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
- Vascular Diseases [C14.907]
  - Arterial Occlusive Diseases [C14.907.137]
    - Arteriosclerosis [C14.907.137.126]
      - Intracranial Arteriosclerosis [C14.907.137.126.372]
        
        Dementia, Vascular [C14.907.137.126.372.500]

Cardiovascular Diseases [C14]
- Vascular Diseases [C14.907]
  - Cerebrovascular Disorders [C14.907.253]
    - Intracranial Arterial Diseases [C14.907.253.560]
      - Intracranial Arteriosclerosis [C14.907.253.560.350]
        
        Dementia, Vascular [C14.907.253.560.350.500]

Mental Disorders [F03]
- Neurocognitive Disorders [F03.615]
  - Dementia [F03.615.400]

Dementia, Vascular Preferred

Arteriosclerotic Dementia Narrower

Binswanger Disease Related

Subcortical Vascular Dementia Narrower

Vascular Dementia, Acute Onset Narrower

Dementia, Vascular MeSH Descriptor Data 2025