Cervical artery dissections account for 20% of ischemic strokes occurring before age 45 years; patients have a mean age of 40 years and a male:female ratio of 1.5. The internal carotid artery is ...

Endovascular Management of Vertebral Artery Disease Cheong J Lee; Mark D Morasch Disclosures Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2011;9 (5):575-578. 0 ...

The radiologic differential diagnosis included bilateral dissection of the vertebral arteries, but it did not include giant cell arteritis. Our patient was given treatment with intravenous heparin, ...

CT angiogram demonstrated bilateral vertebral artery dissections, with a short segment of left vertebral artery occlusion between C3/4 and C4/5 (Figure 2).

Background: Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is an important cause of stroke in the young. VAD can present with a range of imaging findings. We sought to summarize the diagnostic value of various ...

Dear Dr. Roach: Our 44-year-old daughter had an event called VAD, vertebral artery dissection — a tear in an inner artery — which has turned her life upside down.

A retrospective study of stroke cases at two major academic medical centers, led by University of California, San Francisco neurologists, indicates that chiropractic manipulation of the neck can cause ...

Vertebral artery dissection is also unusual for primary care physicians to see. "It’s not something that will be top-of-mind for any of us," Crane said. The third benefit is cost.