SEP 2, 2026 · JOURNAL ARTICLE
Vascular cognitive impairment and dementia: current understanding and future directions
npj Dementia
A narrative review synthesizing mechanistic, epidemiologic, and translational evidence on vascular dementia pathways and prevention strategies, without new primary data or clinical trial results.
Reported
Global dementia prevalenceover 55 million individuals worldwide
Projected change in dementia prev…triple
VaD proportion of all dementia ca…roughly 20%