ALLMedicine™ Vertebral Artery Dissection Center

Apr 20th, 2021 - This case discusses a 34-year-old active duty male who presented to the emergency department with a 2-week persistent headache. His initial review of symptoms was reassuring until a detailed neurologic examination on his second visit revealed a vi...

Mar 30th, 2021 - Spontaneous dissection of the major arteries of the neck is known to increase the risk of stroke or transient ischaemic attack in young and middle-aged adults. Most of the reported cases of arterial dissections in the neck involve one or both pair...

Jan 5th, 2021 - To test the hypothesis that the prevalence of cervical artery dissection remains constant across age groups, we evaluated the relationship between age and cervical artery dissection in patients with stroke using a nationally representative sample ...

Dec 11th, 2020 - Cervicocerebral artery dissection is an important cause of ischemic stroke in young and middle-aged individuals. However, very few studies have compared the differential features between internal carotid artery dissection (ICAD) and vertebral arte...

Dec 10th, 2020 - Vertebral artery dissection can be insidious and is a leading cause of stroke in young patients, second only behind cardioembolic events [1]. We present the case of a 42-year-old patient who presented to the emergency department with diaphoresis a...

Apr 20th, 2021 - This case discusses a 34-year-old active duty male who presented to the emergency department with a 2-week persistent headache. His initial review of symptoms was reassuring until a detailed neurologic examination on his second visit revealed a vi...

Mar 30th, 2021 - Spontaneous dissection of the major arteries of the neck is known to increase the risk of stroke or transient ischaemic attack in young and middle-aged adults. Most of the reported cases of arterial dissections in the neck involve one or both pair...

Jan 5th, 2021 - To test the hypothesis that the prevalence of cervical artery dissection remains constant across age groups, we evaluated the relationship between age and cervical artery dissection in patients with stroke using a nationally representative sample ...

Dec 11th, 2020 - Cervicocerebral artery dissection is an important cause of ischemic stroke in young and middle-aged individuals. However, very few studies have compared the differential features between internal carotid artery dissection (ICAD) and vertebral arte...

Dec 10th, 2020 - Vertebral artery dissection can be insidious and is a leading cause of stroke in young patients, second only behind cardioembolic events [1]. We present the case of a 42-year-old patient who presented to the emergency department with diaphoresis a...

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.