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The study goal was to evaluate cerebral perfusion in moyamoya patients with a novel staging system and investigate the association between differences of perfusion status and clinical outcomes in patients treated with revascularization.

About 506 consecutive patients from 2009 to 2015 were enrolled. The perfusion status was evaluated by a staging system-the stage of preinfarction period based on the result of computed tomography perfusion. Hemisphere in different perfusion stage was compared between hemorrhagic patients (n=155) and ischemic patients (n=351). The modified Rankin Scale was applied to evaluate the prognosis of patients.

In the enrolled 506 patients: 229 hemispheres (22.6%) with normal perfusion, 72 hemispheres (7.1%) in stage I, 205 hemispheres (20.3%) in stage II, 308 hemispheres (30.4%) in stage III, and 198 hemispheres (19.6%) in …