Fatal outcomes of pediatric patients with moyamoya disease associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension. Report of two cases

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 2013 Mar;115(3):335-8. doi: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.05.002. Epub 2012 May 22.

Authors

Koji Tokunaga¹, Tomohito Hishikawa, Kenji Sugiu, Isao Date

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan. [email protected]

PMID: 22626534
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2012.05.002

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Angiography, Digital Subtraction
Carotid Artery, Internal / diagnostic imaging
Carotid Artery, Internal / pathology
Child, Preschool
Echocardiography
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications*
Hypertension, Pulmonary / pathology
Hypertension, Pulmonary / surgery
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Moyamoya Disease / complications*
Moyamoya Disease / pathology
Moyamoya Disease / surgery
Paresis / etiology
Pneumonia / etiology
Pulmonary Artery / diagnostic imaging
Stroke / etiology
Tomography, X-Ray Computed