Progress toward standardized diagnosis of vascular cognitive impairment: Guidelines from the Vascular Impairment of Cognition Classification Consensus Study
Creators: name: Skrobot, Olivia A.
name: Black, Sandra E.
name: Chen, Christopher
name: DeCarli, Charles
name: Erkinjuntti, Timo
name: Ford, Gary A.
name: Kalaria, Rajesh N.
name: O'Brien, John
name: Pantoni, Leonardo
name: Pasquier, Florence
name: Roman, Gustavo C.
name: Wallin, Anders
name: Sachdev, Perminder
name: Skoog, Ingmar
name: VICCCS Group
name: Taragano, F. E.
name: Kril, J.
name: Cavalieri, M.
name: Jellinger, K. A.
name: Kovacs, G. G.
name: Engelborghs, S.
name: Lafosse, C.
name: Bertolucci, P. H.
name: Brucki, S.
name: Caramelli, P.
name: De Toledo Ferraz Alves, T. C.
name: Bocti, C.
name: Fulop, T.
name: Hogan, D. B.
name: Hsiung, G. R.
name: Kirk, A.
name: Leach, L.
name: Robillard, A.
name: Sahlas, D. J.
name: Guo, Q.
name: Tian, J.
name: Hokkanen, L.
name: Jokinen, H.
name: Benisty, S.
name: Deramecourt, V.
name: Hauw, J.
name: Lenoir, H.
name: Tsatali, M.
name: Tsolaki, M.
name: Sundar, U.
name: Coen, R. F.
name: Korczyn, A. D.
name: Altieri, M.
name: Baldereschi, M.
name: Caltagirone, C.
name: Caravaglios, G.
name: Di Carlo, A.
name: Di Piero, V.
name: Gainotti, G.
name: Galluzzi, S.
name: Logroscino, G.
name: Mecocci, P.
name: Moretti, D. V.
name: Padovani, A.
name: Fukui, T.
name: Ihara, M.
name: Mizuno, T.
name: Kim, S. Y.
name: Akinyemi, R.
name: Baiyewu, O.
name: Ogunniyi, A.
name: Szczudlik, A.
name: Bastos-Leite, A. J.
name: Firmino, H.
name: Massano, J.
name: Verdelho, A.
name: Kruglov, L. S.
name: Ikram, M. K.
name: Kandiah, N.
name: Arana, E.
name: Barroso-Ribal, J.
name: Calatayud, T.
name: Cruz-Jentoft, A. J.
name: López-Pousa, S.
name: Martinez-Lage, P.
name: Mataro, M.
name: Börjesson-Hanson, A.
name: Englund, E.
name: Laukka, E. J.
name: Qiu, C.
name: Viitanen, M.
name: Biessels, G. J.
name: De Leeuw, F.-E.
name: Den Heijer, T.
name: Exalto, L. G.
name: Kappelle, L. J.
name: Prins, N. D.
name: Richard, E.
name: Schmand, B.
name: Van Den Berg, E.
name: Van Der Flier, W. M.
name: Bilgic, B.
name: Allan, L. M.
name: Archer, J.
name: Attems, J.
name: Bayer, A.
name: Blackburn, D.
name: Brayne, C.
name: Bullock, R.
name: Connelly, P. J.
name: Farrant, A.
name: Fish, M.
name: Harkness, K.
name: Ince, P. G.
name: Langhorne, P.
name: Mann, J.
name: Matthews, F. E.
name: Mayer, P.
name: Pendlebury, S. T.
name: Perneczky, R.
name: Peters, R.
name: Smithard, D.
name: Stephan, B. C.
name: Swartz, J. E.
name: Todd, S.
name: Werring, D. J.
name: Wijayasiri, S. N.
name: Wilcock, G.
name: Zamboni, G.
name: Au, R.
name: Borson, S.
name: Bozoki, A.
name: Browndyke, J. N.
name: Corrada, M. M.
name: Crane, P. K.
name: Diniz, B. S.
name: Etcher, L.
name: Fillit, H.
name: Greenberg, S. M.
name: Grinberg, L. T.
name: Hurt, S. W.
name: Lamar, M.
name: Mielke, M.
name: Ott, B. R.
name: Perry, G.
name: Powers, W. J.
name: Ramos-Estebanez, C.
name: Reed, B.
name: Roberts, R. O.
name: Romero, J. R.
name: Saykin, A. J.
name: Seshadri, S.
name: Silbert, L.
name: Stern, Yaakov
name: Zarow, C.
name: Ben-Shlomo, Yoav
name: Passmore, Anthony P.
name: Love, Seth
name: Kehoe, Patrick G.
Publisher: name: Columbia University
Year: 2018
Subjects: subject: Cognition disorders
subject: Cognition disorders--Diagnosis
subject: Neurosciences
subject: FOS: Clinical medicine

description: Introduction: Progress in understanding and management of vascular cognitive impairment (VCI) has been hampered by lack of consensus on diagnosis, reflecting the use of multiple different assessment protocols. A large multinational group of clinicians and researchers participated in a two-phase Vascular Impairment of Cognition Classification Consensus Study (VICCCS) to agree on principles (VICCCS-1) and protocols (VICCCS-2) for diagnosis of VCI. We present VICCCS-2. Methods: We used VICCCS-1 principles and published diagnostic guidelines as points of reference for an online Delphi survey aimed at achieving consensus on clinical diagnosis of VCI. Results: Six survey rounds comprising 65–79 participants agreed guidelines for diagnosis of VICCCS-revised mild and major forms of VCI and endorsed the National Institute of Neurological Disorders–Canadian Stroke Network neuropsychological assessment protocols and recommendations for imaging. Discussion: The VICCCS-2 suggests standardized use of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders–Canadian Stroke Network recommendations on neuropsychological and imaging assessment for diagnosis of VCI so as to promote research collaboration.