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How do you manage Moya-Moya disease medically for patients that are unable to receive EC-IC bypass?

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Neurology · University of Virginia, School of Medicine

It depends on the cause. Usually for patients either moya moya disease (in contrast to moya moya syndrome where symptomatic patients would benefit from EDAS or surgical management ) due to atherosclerosis or radiation induced if someone has continued ischemic events or silent infarcts on aspirin mon...

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Neurology · Vanderbilt University Medical Center

I would say that there is no clear evidence for the best medical therapy for Moya Moya; the treatment is mainly surgical, either direct EC/MC bypass or an EDAS procedure. If surgery is not an option, the usual medical treatment for secondary stroke prevention would be appropriate, including antiplat...

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