A review of cerebrovascular surgery in the People's Republic of China.
Cerebrovascular disease (CBVD) is very common in the People's Republic of China (PRC). In 8 of 12 large cities in the PRC, CBVD ranked first in frequency as a cause of death. The ratio fo aneurysms to arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) was 0.84-2:1, much lower than in the United States (6.5:1). Hypertensive intracerebral hemorrhage (HIH) is the commonest cause of mortality in patients with CBVD; patients with ischemic stroke have been submitted to the extracranial-intracranial (EC-IC) arterial anastomosis since 1976. Moyamoya syndrome is not uncommon in the PRC; leptospiral arteritis was one of the major causes in the series that have been reported.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001165:Arteriovenous Malformations / Q000601:surgery; D001167:Arteritis / Q000150:complications; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000601:surgery; D002543:Cerebral Hemorrhage / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000401:mortality / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002681:China; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D002532:Intracranial Aneurysm / Q000601:surgery; D002546:Ischemic Attack, Transient / Q000601:surgery; D007922:Leptospirosis / Q000150:complications; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009072:Moyamoya Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome