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Do you use acetylcholinesterase inhibitors in patients with cognitive changes in the setting of cerebral amyloid angiopathy?

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Neurology · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Many patients with CAA also have cognitive deficits. If so, I use cholinesterase inhibitors, usually donepezil. I would not prescribe these agents if the patient has only microbleeds and no cognitive impairment.

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