Dementia 3. Vascular dementia: diagnosis, treatment and medical management

In the UK, an estimated 954 000 people have dementia. Vascular dementia (VaD) is the second most common type of dementia and affects around 257 607 people ( Prince et al, 2014:16 —Table 4). This article, the third in a series, explains about the pathophysiology and clinical features of VaD, how it can be prevented, how it is diagnosed and the medication used to treat VaD.