Silent and Symptomatic Infarcts on Cranial Computerized Tomography in Relation to Dementia and Mortality

Abstract

Almost one fifth of 85-year-olds have infarcts on cCT, and half of those are clinically silent. These infarcts are related to an increased rate of dementia and 3-year mortality. Cerebrovascular disease as a cause of dementia may be underrated because of silent infarcts. It has to be elucidated whether treatment of risk factors for stroke may reduce the consequences of silent infarcts.