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Quantitative regional cerebral blood flow measurement using near-infrared spectroscopy and indocyanine green in patients undergoing superficial temporal to middle cerebral artery bypass for moyamoya disease: a novel method using a frequency filter
Measuring regional cerebral blood flow (rCBF) after revascularization for moyamoya disease, as a type of ischemic cerebrovascular disease, is crucial. This study aims to validate our novel technology that comb...
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Task-specific dystonia in hairdressers: a questionnaire survey and review of the literature
Hairdresser dystonia is one of the occupational dystonias and task-specific movement disorders occurring as a result of long-term repetitive cutting with scissors. The task-specific dystonia manifests itself a...
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Open AccessA multicenter prospective registry of Borden type I dural arteriovenous fistula: results of a 3-year follow-up study
Although intracranial dural arteriovenous fistula (DAVF) without retrograde leptomeningeal venous drainage (Borden type I) is reported to have a benign nature, no study has prospectively determined its clinica...
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Experience with nasogastric tube administration of tirabrutinib in the treatment of an elderly patient with primary central nervous system lymphoma
We report that tirabrutinib was administered via nasogastric tubes to treat an elderly patient with primary central nervous system lymphoma (PCNSL). The patient was a 76-year-old woman who underwent endoscopic...
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Correction to: Field Assessment of Critical Stroke by Emergency Services for Acute Delivery to a Comprehensive Stroke Center: FACE2AD
The original version of this article unfortunately contained mistakes.
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Early recurrent ischemic events after mechanical thrombectomy: effect of post-treatment intracranial hemorrhage
Patients with intracranial hemorrhages (ICH) after mechanical thrombectomy (MT) may have a higher risk of early recurrent embolism (ERE) because of delayed initiation of anticoagulants. We assessed the rate of...
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Direct/Combined Bypass Surgery
Although numerous surgical techniques have been developed for moyamoya disease treatment, direct/combined bypass has recently been more popular than pure-indirect bypass due to its advantage of rapid increase ...
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Hemorrhagic Stroke and the Japan Adult Moyamoya Trial
The Japan Adult Moyamoya (JAM) Trial was a unique randomized controlled trial demonstrating the effectiveness of direct bypass surgery for hemorrhagic moyamoya disease. Prespecified subgroup analysis undertake...
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Open AccessIntracranial arterial stenosis associated with Hashimoto’s disease: angiographic features and clinical outcomes
Hashimoto’s disease has reportedly been associated with stroke; however, cerebrovascular morphology and clinical course remain poorly documented. The present study aimed to determine the angiographic features ...
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Field Assessment of Critical Stroke by Emergency Services for Acute Delivery to a Comprehensive Stroke Center: FACE2AD
Patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) due to large vessel occlusion (LVO) should be triaged to an endovascular-capable hospital by the emergency medical service (EMS). We designed a prehospital LVO predict...
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Difference in periventricular anastomosis in child and adult moyamoya disease: a vascular morphology study
Periventricular anastomosis (PA), which is a novel term for extended collateral vessels in moyamoya disease (MMD), is reportedly associated with a high risk of intracranial hemorrhage in adult patients. The pr...
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Restoration of periventricular vasculature after direct bypass for moyamoya disease: intra-individual comparison
While periventricular anastomosis, a unique abnormal vasculature in moyamoya disease, has been studied in relation to intracranial hemorrhage, no study has addressed its change after bypass surgery. The author...
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Early Detection of Cerebral Infarction After Focal Ischemia Using a New MRI Indicator
Prolongation of the T2 relaxation time, an increase in T2-weighted signal intensity (T2-SI), and a decrease in the apparent diffusion coefficient (ADC) calculated from diffusion-weighted images (DWI) on magnet...
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Open AccessSystem evaluation of automated production and inhalation of 15O-labeled gaseous radiopharmaceuticals for the rapid 15O-oxygen PET examinations
15O-oxygen inhalation PET is unique in its ability to provide fundamental information regarding cerebral hemodynamics and energy metabolism in man. However, the use of 15O-oxygen has been limited in a clinical en...
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Vascular responses to abrupt blood flow change after bypass surgery for complex intracranial aneurysms
Bypass surgery for complex intracranial aneurysms (IAs) results in drastic blood flow changes in intracranial arteries. The aim of the study was to elucidate how vessels adapt to blood flow changes after bypas...
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Erratum to: Development of in vivo tissue-engineered microvascular grafts with an ultra small diameter of 0.6 mm (MicroBiotubes): acute phase evaluation by optical coherence tomography and magnetic resonance angiography
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Reversible striatal hypermetabolism in chorea associated with moyamoya disease: a report of two cases
The pathophysiological mechanism of chorea as a presentation of pediatric moyamoya disease remains unknown, although ischemia is suspected as a likely cause. The authors describe two cases of pediatric moyamoy...
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Development of in vivo tissue-engineered microvascular grafts with an ultra small diameter of 0.6 mm (MicroBiotubes): acute phase evaluation by optical coherence tomography and magnetic resonance angiography
Biotubes, i.e., in vivo tissue-engineered connective tubular tissues, are known to be effective as vascular replacement grafts with a diameter greater than several millimeters. However, the performance of biot...
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Construction of 3 animal experimental models in the development of honeycomb microporous covered stents for the treatment of large wide-necked cerebral aneurysms
The treatment of large or wide-necked cerebral aneurysms is extremely difficult, and carries a high risk of rupture, even when surgical or endovascular methods are available. We are develo** novel honeycomb ...
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Moyamoya Disease (Spontaneous Occlusion of the Circle of Willis)
Moyamoya is a disease affecting the cerebral arteries, which predisposes individuals to recurrent ischemic attack in association with progressive steno-occlusive change of the intracranial internal carotid art...
