[Relation between multiple infarcts and vascular (multi-infarct) dementia]

77 patients with multiple infarcts in computerized tomography have been investigated. In 10 patients no definitive stroke could be found in the history, 2 had TIAs only. In 20 cases a PRIND and in 45 a completed stroke could be observed. More than one stroke was only present in 28 patients. In 68 of the patients without remarkable aphasia or decreased level of consciousness the psychiatric findings showed 37 patients with and 31 without a dementia. The CT findings showed in the patients with dementia significantly more often infarcts in the dominant hemisphere, whereas atrophy was found in a similar distribution in both groups.