Monitoring Cerebrovascular Reactivity through the Use of Arterial Spin Labeling in Patients with Moyamoya Disease

• Published in: Radiology Vol. 278; no. 1; pp. 205 - 213
• Main Authors: Yun, Tae Jin, Paeng, Jin Chul, Sohn, Chul-Ho, Kim, Jeong Eun, Kang, Hyun-Seung, Yoon, Byung-Woo, Choi, Seung Hong, Kim, Ji-hoon, Lee, Ho-Young, Han, Moon Hee, Zaharchuk, Greg
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Blood Flow Velocity; Cerebrovascular Circulation - physiology; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Angiography - methods; Male; Middle Aged; Moyamoya Disease - diagnostic imaging; Moyamoya Disease - physiopathology; Prospective Studies; Spin Labels; Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon

To assess arterial spin labeling in the identification of impaired cerebrovascular reactivity in patients with moyamoya disease. The institutional review board approved this prospective study, and written informed consent was obtained from all patients. A prospective study was conducted in 78 subjec...