Is Moyamoya Disease Curable

Moyamoya is a progressive disease that does not improve without treatment. While moyamoya itself is not curable, surgery to provide alternative blood flow to the brain prevents the symptoms related to moyamoya and can provide an excellent long term outcome with significant stroke risk reduction.

Is moyamoya disease life expectancy?

What Is the Life Expectancy for Moyamoya Disease? About 10% of adults with Moyamoya disease will die, and about 4.3% of children. Death is usually due to bleeding in the brain (hemorrhage).

What is the survival rate of moyamoya?

The overall survival of moyamoya patients was 97.2%. The 1- and 5-year survival rates were 98.4% and 96.1%, respectively. One- and 5-year survival among children aged 0 to 14 years were 99.6% and 99.3%, respectively, and among adults aged >15 years were 96.9% and 92.9%, respectively.