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ReviewFrontiers in neuroscience2024

High-resolution magnetic resonance vessel wall imaging provides new insights into Moyamoya disease.

Hui Yang, Guilan Huang, Xi Li, Moxin Wu, Weixin Zhou, Xiaoping Yin, Manqing Zhang, Zhiying Chen

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Review in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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10citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
6.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Review
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  4. Moyamoya Disease: Pathophysiology, Diagnosis, and Treatment.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2025
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  5. Article
  6. Intracranial vessel wall lesions on MRI: anatomical and pathological issues.Neurological sciences : official journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology · 2025
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  9. ExploringBiomedicines · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Hui Yang *Department of Neurology, Clinical Medical School of Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China.
Guilan Huang *Department of Neurology, Clinical Medical School of Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China.
Xi LiDepartment of Neurology, University of California Irvine Medical Center, Irvine, CA, United States.
Moxin WuJiujiang Clinical Precision Medicine Research Center, Jiujiang, China.
Weixin ZhouJiujiang Clinical Precision Medicine Research Center, Jiujiang, China.
Xiaoping YinDepartment of Neurology, Clinical Medical School of Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China.
Manqing ZhangSchool of Basic Medicine, Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China.
Zhiying ChenDepartment of Neurology, Clinical Medical School of Jiujiang University, Jiujiang, China.
Jiujiang University · CNUniversity of California, Irvine Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Moyamoya disease (MMD) is a rare condition that affects the blood vessels of the central nervous system. This cerebrovascular disease is characterized by progressive narrowing and blockage of the internal carotid, middle cerebral, and anterior cerebral arteries, which results in the formation of a compensatory fragile vascular network. Currently, digital subtraction angiography (DSA) is considered the gold standard in diagnosing MMD. However, this diagnostic technique is invasive and may not be suitable for all patients. Hence, non-invasive imaging methods such as computed tomography angiography (CTA) and magnetic resonance angiography (MRA) are often used. However, these methods may have less reliable diagnostic results. Therefore, High-Resolution Magnetic Resonance Vessel Wall Imaging (HR-VWI) has emerged as the most accurate method for observing and analyzing arterial wall structure. It enhances the resolution of arterial walls and enables quantitative and qualitative analysis of plaque, facilitating the identification of atherosclerotic lesions, vascular entrapment, myofibrillar dysplasia, moyamoya vasculopathy, and other related conditions. Consequently, HR-VWI provides a new and more reliable evaluation criterion for diagnosing vascular lesions in patients with Moyamoya disease.

Indexed as

cerebral artery occlusionhigh-resolution magnetic resonance vessel wall imagingintracranial vessel wallMoyamoya diseasemoyamoya vasculopathy

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PMID38665292
PMCPMC11043609
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