Vertebral artery (VA) dissection caused by swinging a golf club is extremely rare, and the mechanism of the dissection has not been elucidated. A 39-year-old man suddenly felt sharp neck pain and ...

Vertebral artery revascularization should be considered ... Periprocedural risks include embolization, rupture, thrombosis, dissection, and stent malposition or fracture.

The upward trend was corroborated in statewide data, with an AAPC of 8.47 percent. Vertebral artery dissection was the sole major predictor of subsequent ischemic stroke risk within 90 days among ...

The upward trend was corroborated in statewide data, with an AAPC of 8.47 percent. Vertebral artery dissection was the sole major predictor of subsequent ischemic stroke risk within 90 days among ...

For patients with acute ischemic stroke (AIS) due to cervical artery dissection (CAD), endovascular stenting can improve and ... National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score, location of ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is an increasingly recognized cause of acute coronary syndrome or sudden cardiac death, primarily affecting relatively young women (median age, 51 years) ...

There is a five-fold increase in U.S. hospitalizations for cervical artery dissection over a 15-year period. Cervical artery dissection, a tear in an artery that supplies blood to the brain ...

Background The vertebral artery (VA) ostium (VAO) is a common stenosis site ... Three patients continued to have previously diagnosed mid-cervical VA stenosis; one of them had postprocedure dissection ...

Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood clots that cause stroke. A new study has found almost a five ...

Background: Extracranial internal carotid artery dissection (EICAD) is a prominent factor in ischemic stroke in young patients, and vessel recanalization is correlated with stroke recurrence. We ...