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Vascular Cognitive Impairment

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  • Causes

Definition

Vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) is a decline in thinking abilities caused by disease that damages blood vessels in or around the brain.

Cross-section of the brain linked to drawings of a blocked blood vessel and a burst blood vessel.
When a blood vessel is blocked or bursts, the brain is damaged

You can find the conditions that cause vascular cognitive impairment under Causes of vascular cognitive impairment.

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