ALLMedicine™ Vertebral Artery Dissection Center

Sep 15th, 2020 - Cervical artery dissection, including carotid and vertebral artery dissection, is an important cause of stroke in the young. Risk of developing cervical artery dissection has been associated with physical activity in various forms and has been pre...

Sep 11th, 2020 - COVID-19 is a pandemic disease which predominantly affects the respiratory system, however it also causes multi-organ dysfunction in a subset of patients. There is a growing evidence that it increases the propensity of strokes in younger patients....

Aug 28th, 2020 - Transcranial Doppler (TCD) helps identify patients with carotid dissections at risk of ischemic events (IEs). There is paucity of data identifying independent predictors of IE in vertebral arterial dissection (VAD). We sought to investigate the cl...

Jul 20th, 2020 - Spinal column injuries are very commonly diagnosed in the multitrauma population, and extensive distraction injuries are often fatal due to cerebrovascular injuries or spinal cord injuries. We present a 62-year-old female who presented after an MV...

Jun 25th, 2020 - Intracranial mycotic aneurysms are uncommon. They can occur due to extravascular extension or intravascular seeding of the vessel wall. They often result in subarachnoid hemorrhage with poor prognosis. We present a rare case of subarachnoid hemorr...

Sep 15th, 2020 - Cervical artery dissection, including carotid and vertebral artery dissection, is an important cause of stroke in the young. Risk of developing cervical artery dissection has been associated with physical activity in various forms and has been pre...

Sep 11th, 2020 - COVID-19 is a pandemic disease which predominantly affects the respiratory system, however it also causes multi-organ dysfunction in a subset of patients. There is a growing evidence that it increases the propensity of strokes in younger patients....

Aug 28th, 2020 - Transcranial Doppler (TCD) helps identify patients with carotid dissections at risk of ischemic events (IEs). There is paucity of data identifying independent predictors of IE in vertebral arterial dissection (VAD). We sought to investigate the cl...

Jul 20th, 2020 - Spinal column injuries are very commonly diagnosed in the multitrauma population, and extensive distraction injuries are often fatal due to cerebrovascular injuries or spinal cord injuries. We present a 62-year-old female who presented after an MV...

Jun 25th, 2020 - Intracranial mycotic aneurysms are uncommon. They can occur due to extravascular extension or intravascular seeding of the vessel wall. They often result in subarachnoid hemorrhage with poor prognosis. We present a rare case of subarachnoid hemorr...

Jul 5th, 2018 - Discussion Spontaneous vertebral artery and carotid artery dissections are collectively referred to as sCADs. Spontaneous cervical artery dissections are a rare condition with a higher incidence of internal carotid dissections than are VADs (1.

Jul 1st, 2018 - Click here to access the July 2018 Digital Edition. Table of Contents Vertebral Artery Dissection Due to Mixed Martial Arts Choke Hold Using Stroke Order Sets to Improve Compliance With Quality Measures for Stroke Admissions Screening and Treating.

Mar 9th, 2017 - Leaning back over the sink to have a shampoo in the hair salon can exert pressure on the neck, which in rare cases can lead to a tear in the vertebral artery and a blood clot that interferes with blood flow -- a phenomenon known as "beauty parlor ...

Feb 12th, 2015 - Action Points Treatment of extracranial carotid or vertebral artery dissection with either anticoagulants or antiplatelets shows similar results on death or recurrence of stroke, both of which outcomes are quite rare. Cervical artery dissection is...

Nov 1st, 2013 - Answer Figure 3 Figure 4 The axial MRA image demonstrates flow in two separate lumens of the right vertebral artery (white arrow, Figure 3), indicating the presence of a dissection. A normal single lumen vertebral artery can be seen on the left (r.