Cerebrovascular Collaterals Correlate with Disease Severity in Adult North American Patients with Moyamoya Disease [BRAIN]

CONCLUSIONS:
As with Moyamoya disease in Asian patients, the presence of cerebrovascular collaterals correlated with the modified Suzuki score for disease severity in North American patients with Moyamoya disease. However, anterior choroidal artery changes, which correlated with increased rates of hemorrhage in Asian studies, were not specific to hemorrhage in North Americans.

Source: American Journal of Neuroradiology - July 15, 2014 Category: Radiology Authors: Strother, M. K., Anderson, M. D., Singer, R. J., Du, L., Moore, R. D., Shyr, Y., Ladner, T. R., Arteaga, D., Day, M. A., Clemmons, P. F., Donahue, M. J. Tags: BRAIN Source Type: research