ALLMedicine™ Carotid Artery Dissection Center

Jul 14th, 2021 - Internal carotid artery dissection (ICAD) represents the cause of ictus cerebral in about 20% of all cases of cerebral infarction among the young adult population. ICAD could involve both the extracranial and intracranial internal carotid artery (...

May 26th, 2021 - A 53-year-old healthy man with history of left internal carotid artery dissection in 2006 presented with right-sided facial pain with paraesthesia associated with taste and speech disturbances. A CT angiogram was done without further delay conside...

May 23rd, 2021 - A healthy middle-aged man presents with symptoms of dysphagia and dysphonia following an upper respiratory infection, and is diagnosed and treated for complications of pharyngitis. He presents for evaluation at a tertiary care hospital after sympt...

May 12th, 2021 - A 28-year-old man in 2004 was identified with a spontaneous pseudoaneurysm and distal left cervical internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection. The patient was followed conservatively for 12 years with cross-sectional imaging. The patient was initia...

Apr 20th, 2021 - The purpose of this article is to address several challenging questions in the management of young patients (those age 60 and under) who present with ischemic stroke. Do genetic thrombophilic states, strongly associated with venous thrombosis, ind...

Oct 11th, 2018 - Horner's syndrome (HS) is a result of interruption of the sympathetic innervation to the eye and ocular adnexa, which can occur due to carotid artery dissection (CAD), along which the sympathetic nerve fibers travel to reach the eye. Dissection of...

Jan 7th, 2016 - This study is a single center, prospective, randomized trial evaluating the safety and effectiveness of CAS with and without CP. The study population will be comprised of subjects with atherosclerotic, post endarterectomy restenotic or other obstr...

Nov 27th, 2017 - The treatment of internal carotid artery dissection consists of anticoagulation with intravenous heparin followed by oral anticoagulation for 3-6 months.[13] However, no randomized controlled trials support such a therapeutic approach, and the val...

May 1st, 2017 - Conclusion We have reported the case of a 32-year-old professional hockey goaltender who presented with isolated, persistent, worsening headache of delayed onset after ICA dissection. The ICA dissection resulted from indirect trauma, with reaction.

Sep 21st, 2016 - I'm Dr Robert Glatter, a member of Medscape's Emergency Medicine advisory board. I would like to make a comment about a recent news story. There are reports out of Mexico about a 17-year-old who died as a result of receiving a hickey. The exact na...

Jul 5th, 2016 - In ICAD, a tear in the artery wall causes blood to enter the tunica media of the vessel, forming an intramural hematoma. 2,6 This may result in either stenosis of the lumen of the vessel from the enlarging hematoma or an outward aneurysmal dilatati.

Aug 5th, 2014 - Nearly one in six teens and adults who initially survive a stroke before age 50 die over the next decade, a Finnish study showed. The mortality rate of people who survived at least a month after having a stroke at age 15 to 49 was 15.7% over a mea...