Editor’s Choice Eighteen patients with Moyamoya disease (16–55 years of age) and 18 age- and sex-matched healthy controls were evaluated with myelin-sensitive MR imaging based on magnetization transfer saturation imaging and 2-shell diffusion MR imaging. The myelin volume fraction, which
Fellows’ Journal Club Twenty-nine patients with Moyamoya disease were enrolled in this study. The median age at symptom onset was 12 years. A total of 166 steno-occlusive lesions were detected by high-resolution intracranial vessel wall imaging. Eleven lesions with concentric
Editor’s Choice The authors evaluated 15 children treated by indirect cerebral revascularization with multiple burr-holes between 2011–2013. Arterial spin-labeling MR imaging and T1 sequences were analyzed under SPM8 before and after the operation (3 and 12 months). Group analysis showed
Guest Editor Karl-Olof Lövblad Geneva University Hospitals, Neurodiagnostic and Neurointerventional Service, Geneva, Switzerland Summary This edition focuses on clinical applications of arterial spin-labeling (ASL). ASL has been available for a number of years, with little initial fanfare despite its potential
Wanebo JE, Khan N, Zabramski JM, Spetzler RR, eds. Moyamoya Disease: Diagnosis and Treatment. 1st Ed. Thieme; 2013; 224 pgs; 186 illustrations; $139.99 Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a cerebrovascular disease characterized by progressive stenosis of the intracranial internal carotid arteries and their
Fellows’ Journal Club June 2014 (3 of 3) DSA was used to study patients with Moyamoya disease with acute stroke. Advanced Suzuki angiographic stages, aneurysms, arterial occlusions, and collateral flow including transdural anastomoses were present more often in patients with
