ALLMedicine™ Vertebral Artery Dissection Center

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...

Nov 17th, 2020 - A case of vertebral artery dissection: a cerebellar chameleon in a young man.|2020|Cecchini AL,Cianci R,Lozupone E,Contegiacomo A,Gambassi G,|

Nov 6th, 2020 - Our goals are (1) to report a consecutive prospective series of children who had posterior circulation stroke caused by vertebral artery dissection at the V3 segment; (2) to describe a configuration of the vertebral artery that may predispose to r...

Oct 31st, 2020 - Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is a common cause of stroke in young and mid-aged adults without predisposing risk factors for vascular disease. It can be induced by a particular head or neck posture; its early signs often include headache and n...

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...

Nov 17th, 2020 - A case of vertebral artery dissection: a cerebellar chameleon in a young man.|2020|Cecchini AL,Cianci R,Lozupone E,Contegiacomo A,Gambassi G,|

Nov 6th, 2020 - Our goals are (1) to report a consecutive prospective series of children who had posterior circulation stroke caused by vertebral artery dissection at the V3 segment; (2) to describe a configuration of the vertebral artery that may predispose to r...

Oct 31st, 2020 - Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is a common cause of stroke in young and mid-aged adults without predisposing risk factors for vascular disease. It can be induced by a particular head or neck posture; its early signs often include headache and n...

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.