High blood pressure and microinfarcts: a link between vascular risk factors, dementia, and clinical Alzheimer's disease

J Am Geriatr Soc. 2009 Nov;57(11):2146-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02521.x.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comment
  • Editorial
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Alzheimer Disease / pathology*
  • Antihypertensive Agents / therapeutic use
  • Blood Pressure / physiology
  • Brain / pathology
  • Cerebral Infarction / pathology*
  • Dementia / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / drug therapy
  • Hypertension / pathology*
  • Lewy Bodies / pathology
  • Longitudinal Studies
  • Neurofibrillary Tangles / pathology
  • Plaque, Amyloid / pathology
  • Risk Factors

Substances

  • Antihypertensive Agents