VASCULAR DEMENTIA CLINICAL AND NEUROVISUALIZATION CHARACTERISTICS
Objective. To study the clinical and neurovisualization characteristics of patients suffering from vascular dementia. Material and methods. During the period from 2007 till 2009 94 persons were examined. The experimental group was formed of 60 patients with vascular dementia including 24 men and 36 women the diagnosis stated by a psychiatrist. The control group included 34 psychiatrically healthy persons of similar ages: ten men and 24 women. Each person from the control group and 31 patients suffering from vascular dementia were performed brain magnet resonance tomography (MRT). Dementia was diagnosed basing on the clinico-psychopathological, psychometric, neuropsychological, and instrumental data according to the International Classification of Diseases and Problems Related with Health of revision X (ICD-10). The study data were processed applying the program packet STAT 10. Results. A method for assessing the brain substance atrophy in elderly and senile persons applying brain MRT was developed. Basing on the analysis performed an algorithm for diagnosis of dementia having vascular genesis was offered. Clinical and neurovisualization relations under vascular dementia were revealed. Conclusion. The data obtained evidence that the atrophic indices under dementia having vascular genesis are highly informative, are correct for the diagnosis determination. It is confirmed by a high correlation between the brain morphologic features and the disorder clinical characteristics.