CT angiography showed luminal irregularity in the distal common carotid artery and carotid bifurcation, occlusion of the internal carotid artery with reconstitution at the supraclinoid segment, ...

Difficult anatomy, including unfavorable arch type, carotid tortuosity, or an ostial lesion, can make placement of the guide catheter into the common and internal carotid ... Caution is advised when ...

Significant neurological events in teenagers, secondary to Eagle syndrome have not been reported. We discuss the rare case of a teenage boy, diagnosed with right internal carotid artery dissection and ...

This article was originally posted Dec. 8, 2014. It has been updated. There are many things in medicine that are merely a matter of preference or style. How to check a patient’s pulse is not one ...

Patients with CaW and superimposed atherosclerotic calcifications were not included in the cohort. Exclusion criteria included DSA images with incomplete inclusion of the common carotid artery (CCA) ...

While hickeys are common, they lead to blood clots ... (This process is medically termed as carotid artery dissection). Such a dissection is a nidus, a place where bacteria can multiply, for ...

Background: Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is an important cause ... selected 75 studies describing 1972 VAD patients. The most common symptoms were dizziness/vertigo (58%), headache (51% ...

The ECG signs showed acute myocardial infarction and she underwent coronary angiography which showed left circumflex artery dissection in the middle and distal tract, with possible proximal extension ...

Stacie Moore and Bethanne Harris might not seem like typical stroke victims—but their stories are a reminder that strokes can ...