Intensity Score of Vessel Wall Contrast Enhancement in MRI Allows Prediction of Disease Progression in Moyamoya Angiopathy.
Sophie S WangTill-Karsten HauserPatrick HaasJonas TellermannHelene HurthUlrike ErnemannMarcos TatagibaBenjamin BenderNadia KhanConstantin RoderPublished in: Neurosurgery (2024)
VW-CE is a semiquantifiable marker for disease activity in patients with MMA and associated with disease progression and increased risk of stroke. VW-CE analysis can be routinely performed in patients with MMA to estimate the risk for disease progression and stroke.
Keyphrases
- disease activity
- rheumatoid arthritis
- systemic lupus erythematosus
- atrial fibrillation
- rheumatoid arthritis patients
- contrast enhanced
- ankylosing spondylitis
- magnetic resonance imaging
- juvenile idiopathic arthritis
- magnetic resonance
- high intensity
- energy transfer
- middle cerebral artery
- computed tomography
- cerebral ischemia
- diffusion weighted imaging
- brain injury
- blood brain barrier
- quantum dots