Subjective cognitive decline, brain imaging biomarkers, and cognitive functioning in patients with a history of vascular disease: the SMART-Medea study

We estimated associations of subjective cognitive decline (SCD) with neuroimaging markers of dementia and cognitive functioning in patients with a history of vascular disease without objective cognitive impairment. Within the Second Manifestations of ARTerial disease–Memory, depression and aging study, 599 patients (62 ± 9 years) had 1.5 T brain magnetic resonance imaging and cognitive testing at the baseline and after 8 years of follow-up....