Assessment of extracranial-intracranial bypass in Moyamoya disease using 3T time-of-flight MR angiography: Comparison with CT angiography.

Conclusions: 3T TOF MRA, a non-contrast technique not exposing the patients to radiation, proved to be at least equal to CTA for the assessment of EC-IC bypass, and even superior to CTA with respect to the intracranial segment. In addition, readers should be aware of a potential overestimation showing focal pseudo lesions of the bypass at the trepanation segment in TOF MRA. PMID: 25007906 [PubMed - in process]

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Source: VASA. Zeitschrift fur Gefasskrankheiten. Journal for Vascular Diseases - July 1, 2014 Category: Surgery Authors: Chen Q, Qi R, Cheng X, Zhou C, Luo S, Ni L, Huang W Tags: Vasa Source Type: research