multi-infarct

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noun pathology Describing the condition of having or having had two or more infarcts.

multi- +‎ infarct

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Interesting comments above - the multi-infarct dementia and Lewy Body dementia theories are certainly plausible.

Decisions 1 Dinosaur 2008
It doesn't produce cortical volume loss like AD or multi-infarct dementias - most people with DLB have age-appropriate or better brain MR. The cognitive deficits are different than those in AD, so while their dementia may qualify as "mild" in, say, a memory domain, it's more obvious in others, for example, executive function.

Decisions 1 Dinosaur 2008
He had been diagnosed with multi-infarct dementia.

Sound and Fury Dave Kindred 2006
Of those patients who do not recover from dementia, about one half have primary degenerative dementia and one fourth have multi-infarct dementia.

The Neuropsychiatric Guide to Modern Everyday Psychiatry Michael Alan Taylor 1993
'Mary' and 'Simon' lack capacity because of cognitive impairment associated with dreadful organic brain syndromes like Alzheimers or multi-infarct dementia - in some respects it is too late for them.

British Blogs 2008
'Mary' and 'Simon' lack capacity because of cognitive impairment associated with dreadful organic brain syndromes like Alzheimers or multi-infarct dementia - in some respects it is too late for them.

British Blogs 2008
I’m no Bill Frist, so I can’t make a hard diagnosis just by looking at the video, but I would guess that Cheney has what’s known as multi-infarct dementia.

Firedoglake » Well, it’s no Gauguin. 2006