Posterior circulation involvement in pediatric and adult patients with moyamoya disease: a single center experience in 574 patients
第一作者:Zhao Meng, Meng
通讯作者:Zhao Jizong, Jizong
2018-06-01
A total of 574 angiograms (140 pediatrics and 434 adults) were reviewed. The prevalence of PCA steno-occlusion did not differ significantly between pediatric patients and adult patients (35.0% vs. 30.4%, P = 0.347). Pediatric patients had more advanced PCA stages compared to adult patients (P = 0.045). There was a significant correlation of the PCA angiographic stages with the ipsilateral internal carotid artery (ICA) stages, both in pediatrics and in adults (both P < 0.001). The frequency of ipsilateral cerebral infarction positively correlated with the advancement of PCA stages in adult patients (P < 0.001), but not significant in pediatric patients (P = 0.106).
Pediatric patients tend to have more advanced PCA lesions than adult patients. The degree of PCA steno-occlusion positively correlates with the ipsilateral ICA stage, both in pediatrics and in adults.