Antanas Gvazdaitis - Academia.edu (original) (raw)

Papers by Antanas Gvazdaitis

Background. Moyamoya disease was first described in Japan and represents characteristic appearanc... more Background. Moyamoya disease was first described in Japan and represents characteristic appearance on cerebral angiography an abnormal network (“puff of smoke”) of collaterals around stenotic arteries. This disease is characterized by progressive intracranial vascular obliterations of the circle of Willis, resulting in successive ischemic or hemorrhagic events. Moyamoya disease primarily occurs among orient people (Japanese, Koreans, Caucasians) and is very rare in Lithuania. Aim of the study. To evaluate long-term effectiveness of cerebral revascularization in order to prevent cerebral ischemic and hemorrhagic events in patients with moyamoya disease. Material and methods. Since 1995, 14 patients with moyamoya disease have been treated at the Clinic of Neurosurgery of Kaunas University of Medicine. All patients underwent neurological examination, computed tomography or/and magnetic resonance imaging, transcranial Doppler sonography, single photon emission computed tomography and fo...

Medicina-buenos Aires, 2002

Background. Moyamoya disease was first described in Japan and represents characteristic appearanc... more Background. Moyamoya disease was first described in Japan and represents characteristic appearance on cerebral angiography an abnormal network (“puff of smoke”) of collaterals around stenotic arteries. This disease is characterized by progressive intracranial vascular obliterations of the circle of Willis, resulting in successive ischemic or hemorrhagic events. Moyamoya disease primarily occurs among orient people (Japanese, Koreans, Caucasians) and is very rare in Lithuania. Aim of the study. To evaluate long-term effectiveness of cerebral revascularization in order to prevent cerebral ischemic and hemorrhagic events in patients with moyamoya disease. Material and methods. Since 1995, 14 patients with moyamoya disease have been treated at the Clinic of Neurosurgery of Kaunas University of Medicine. All patients underwent neurological examination, computed tomography or/and magnetic resonance imaging, transcranial Doppler sonography, single photon emission computed tomography and fo...

Medicina-buenos Aires, 2002