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May 26th, 2020 - The Neuroform Atlas stent™ (by Stryker, Fremont, California) represents the most recent widely available upgrade to intracranial stenting, providing a laser cut open cell stent with a diameter of 3.0 to 4.5 mm that is delivered through an 0.017-in...

May 17th, 2020 - Free-floating thrombus (FFT) of the cervical carotid artery is a rare but critical condition leading to stroke. The most common underlying pathology is atherosclerotic plaque; non-atherosclerotic pathologies are much rarer. Here we report a case o...

Apr 28th, 2020 - Horner Syndrome Due To Internal Carotid Artery Dissection With Normal Vascular Imaging: A Radiological Conundrum.|2020|Mansukhani SA,Eckel LJ,Wu KY,Hassan MB,Van Loon JA,|

Apr 27th, 2020 - A 30-year-old male American football player presented to the acute medical unit with left-hand and hemifacial spasms. History and examination revealed hemifacial spasms in keeping with seizure-like activity possibly due to symptomatic hypocalcaemi...

Mar 27th, 2020 - Carotid artery dissection represents a well-recognized cause of hypoglossal nerve paralysis even if it is less known the cause of acute tongue swelling. We report a 42-year old men who presented to our observation with acute tongue swelling and at...

May 26th, 2020 - The Neuroform Atlas stent™ (by Stryker, Fremont, California) represents the most recent widely available upgrade to intracranial stenting, providing a laser cut open cell stent with a diameter of 3.0 to 4.5 mm that is delivered through an 0.017-in...

May 17th, 2020 - Free-floating thrombus (FFT) of the cervical carotid artery is a rare but critical condition leading to stroke. The most common underlying pathology is atherosclerotic plaque; non-atherosclerotic pathologies are much rarer. Here we report a case o...

Apr 28th, 2020 - Horner Syndrome Due To Internal Carotid Artery Dissection With Normal Vascular Imaging: A Radiological Conundrum.|2020|Mansukhani SA,Eckel LJ,Wu KY,Hassan MB,Van Loon JA,|

Apr 27th, 2020 - A 30-year-old male American football player presented to the acute medical unit with left-hand and hemifacial spasms. History and examination revealed hemifacial spasms in keeping with seizure-like activity possibly due to symptomatic hypocalcaemi...

Mar 27th, 2020 - Carotid artery dissection represents a well-recognized cause of hypoglossal nerve paralysis even if it is less known the cause of acute tongue swelling. We report a 42-year old men who presented to our observation with acute tongue swelling and at...

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.

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.

Jan 22nd, 2012 - January 23, 2012 — US Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) is recovering from decompressive surgery after undergoing an ischemic stroke on Monday, his office has confirmed. He is being treated at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago. Kirk, who is 52 ye...

Jul 2nd, 2009 - Georgiadis D, Arnold M, von Buedingen HC, et al. Aspirin vs anticoagulation in carotid artery dissection: a study of 298 patients. Neurology. 2009;72:1810-1815. Available at: http://www.medscape.com/medline/abstract/19321846

Dec 26th, 2006 - December 27, 2006 (Irvine, CA) - Methamphetamine use may be linked to increased risk of carotid artery dissection and stroke, according to an article published in the December 26, 2006 issue of Neurology [ 1]. "It appears methamphetamine use is to...