Updated Diagnostic Criteria for Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

Updated Diagnostic Criteria for Vascular Cognitive Impairment and Dementia

The VasCog-2-WSO criteria revise the original VasCog criteria for diagnosing VCID, offering additional guidance on neuroimaging and fluid biomarkers.

The International Society for Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders (VasCog) working group updated the diagnostic criteria for vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID), published in JAMA Neurology.

Since the VasCog criteria were published in 2014, advances in VCID research and biomarker development have driven the need for an update.

The VasCog-2-World Stroke Organization (WSO) Criteria Consortium conducted a literature review for recent advancements in VCID and revisited published diagnostic guidelines.

The 70 experts participating in the Consortium used a Delphi process comprising 3 rounds to determine the items that should be included in the VasCog-2-WSO criteria.

Author's summary: Revised criteria for VCID diagnosis.

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