Evolution and renewal of diagnostic criteria for main types of cerebrovascular diseases in China / 中华神经科杂志

ABSTRACT

Four versions of diagnostic criteria for cerebral vascular diseases have been published since 1978 in China. Based on the three previous versions, the 2019 version conformed the new published Chinese classification for cerebral vascular disease and International Classification of Diseases-11, integrated the symptoms, signs and imaging findings, and then formulated the diagnostic criteria for main types of cerebral vascular diseases. It emphasizes the clinical manifestation and neuro-imaging findings, specifies etiology on diagnosis and becomes the most concrete and comprehensive version of diagnostic criteria for cerebral vascular diseases in China.