Mateus Rozalem Aranha, Victor Montal, Hilde van den Brink, Jordi Pegueroles, Maria Carmona-Iragui, Laura Videla, Lucia Maure Blesa, Bessy Benejam, Javier Arranz, Sílvia Valldeneu, Isabel Barroeta, Susana Fernández, Laia Ribas, Daniel Alcolea, Sofía González-Ortiz, Núria Bargalló, Geert Jan Biessels, Rafael Blesa, Alberto Lleó, Artur Martins Coutinho, Cláudia Costa Leite, Alexandre Bejanin, Juan Fortea
BACKGROUND: Cortical microinfarcts (CMI) were attributed to cerebrovascular disease and cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA). CAA is frequent in Down syndrome (DS) while hypertension is rare, yet no studies have assessed CMI in DS. METHODS: We included 195 adults with DS, 63 with symptomatic sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD), and 106 controls with 3T magnetic resonance imaging. We assessed CMI prevalence in each group and CMI association with age, AD clinical continuum, vascular risk factors, vascular neuroimaging findings, amyloid/tau/neurodegeneration biomarkers, and cognition in DS...
April 21, 2024: Alzheimer's & Dementia: the Journal of the Alzheimer's Association