Revised Diagnostic Criteria for Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia-The VasCog-2-WSO Criteria

PS Sachdev; AC Bentvelzen; NA Kochan; J Jiang; S Hosoki; R Koncz; RJ Chander; D Saks; HP Aben; D Acosta; P Andersen; F Assal; HJ Bae; GJ Biessels; D Blacker; R Bordet; EM Briceno; H Brodaty; A Brodtmann; P Caramelli; E Castro-Costa; H Chabriat; C Chen; U Clancy; L Cysique; C Decarli; D Ding; M Duering; E Engelhardt; S Gauthier; F Geranmayeh; O Godefroy; P Gorelick; SM Greenberg; V Jelic; H Jokinen; RN Kalaria; M Krishna; K Lancaster; FE De Leeuw; JS Lim; A Marseglia; J Marta-Moreno; JT O'Brien; L Pantoni; MP Pase; ST Pendlebury; G Rosenberg; B Sabayan; E Salvadori; K Samaras; IA Sebastian; S Seshadri; EE Smith; V Srikanth; K Stokes; FK Sudo; L Sveikata; M Valenzuela; A Wallin; JM Wardlaw; Q Xu

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Revised Diagnostic Criteria for Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia-The VasCog-2-WSO Criteria

PS Sachdev, AC Bentvelzen, NA Kochan, J Jiang, S Hosoki, R Koncz, RJ Chander, D Saks, HP Aben, D Acosta, P Andersen, F Assal, HJ Bae, GJ Biessels, D Blacker, R Bordet, EM Briceno, H Brodaty, A Brodtmann, P Caramelli Show all

JAMA Neurology | Published : 2025

DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2025.3242

Abstract

Importance: Several sets of diagnostic criteria have been proposed for vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID). The International Society for Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders (VasCog) working group published comprehensive operationalized criteria in 2014. Considering subsequent advances in the field, a revision was needed. Objective: To update the VasCog criteria to achieve consensus on diagnosis of VCID. Design, Setting, and Participants: VasCog criteria and other published diagnostic guidelines, aided by literature review of recent developments in VCID, were used as reference points for an online Delphi survey (minimum 3 rounds, ≥75% threshold for agreement), includin..

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