Full search strategy, selection, and exclusion criteria are described in the accompanying manuscript on clinical characteristics of VAD. To summarize, we searched MEDLINE and EMBASE for ...

The risk of a heart attack among adults after a clot-caused stroke or a stroke plus a tear in the wall of a neck artery (carotid or vertebral artery dissection) was almost double within the first year ...

Salon hair washing can trigger rare beauty parlor stroke syndrome when neck positioning compresses arteries, though proper support reduces risk significantly.

Cervical artery dissections are defined by the presence of a mural hematoma in the arterial wall. Most occur in the internal carotid artery more than 2 cm after the bifurcation, although they can also ...

A 25-year-old's casual tennis game led to a vertebral artery dissection and a small ischemic stroke after initial neck pain ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For prevention of stroke, major bleeding or death, it did not matter whether patients with cervical artery dissection were treated with antiplatelet drugs or anticoagulants, ...

Background: Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is an important cause of stroke in the young. VAD can present with a range of imaging findings. We sought to summarize the diagnostic value of various ...