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Revised diagnostic criteria for vascular cognitive impairment and dementia—The VasCog-2-WSO criteria

JAMA Neurology

Peer-Reviewed Publication

JAMA Network

About The Study: The International Society for Vascular Behavioural and Cognitive Disorders (VasCog)-2- World Stroke Organization (WSO) criteria update the VasCog criteria for the diagnosis of vascular cognitive impairment and dementia (VCID), providing operationalization and additional guidance on potential neuroimaging and fluid biomarkers. VasCog-2-WSO should provide an international standard for VCID diagnosis, facilitating diagnostic consistency among clinicians and researchers.

Corresponding Authors: To contact the corresponding authors, email Perminder S. Sachdev, MD, PhD, MBBS (p.sachdev@unsw.edu.au) and Adam C. Bentvelzen, PhD, MClinNeuroPsych (a.bentvelzen@unsw.edu.au).

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(doi:10.1001/jamaneurol.2025.3242)

Editor’s Note: Please see the article for additional information, including other authors, author contributions and affiliations, conflict of interest and financial disclosures, and funding and support.

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Media advisory: This study is being presented at VasCog 2025.

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