Effects of Surgical Revascularization on Cerebral Oxygen Metabolism in Patients With Moyamoya Disease: An 15O-Gas Positron Emission Tomographic Study [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusions— Cerebral oxygen metabolism is significantly depressed in 80% of the involved hemispheres of moyamoya disease and improves in pediatric and younger adult patients without parenchymal lesions after bypass surgery. Cerebral oxygen metabolism may be reversibly depressed in response to cerebral ischemia in them although the underlying mechanisms are still unclear.
Source: Stroke - Category: Neurology Authors: Tags: Secondary prevention, PET and SPECT, By-pass procedures Clinical Sciences Source Type: research