Funding Information: FUNDING SOURCES MÉDRTUG CHAIN Biobank: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) for CHRC funding -UID/04923/2020. CHUPorto: Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) Grant nº 2P29O (Research 4 COVID-19).
Publisher Copyright: Copyright Ordem dos M dicos 2021.; Introduction: Since the publication of endovascular treatment trials and European Stroke Guidelines, Portugal has re-organized stroke healthcare. The nine centers performing endovascular treatment are not equally distributed within the country, which may lead to differential access to endovascular treatment. Our main aim was to perform a descriptive analys...
Background: Cognitive impairment and cerebrovascular pathology are both frequent with ageing. Cognitive impairment due to vascular pathology of the brain, termed vascular cognitive impairment (VCI), is one of the most frequent causes of cognitive impairment in elderly subjects. Thus far, VCI has no specific pharmacological treatment. Recent observational studies have suggested a protective effect of physical ac...