Background: The optimal endovascular management of cervical carotid dissection causing tandem occlusion remains uncertain. We investigated the impact of emergent carotid stenting during endovascular ...

Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA; ozaidat{at}mcw.edu Background Carotid artery dissection is an important cause of stroke in young patients. Selection criteria for endovascular repair have ...

Background: Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is an important cause of stroke in the young. It can present nonspecifically and may be misdiagnosed with adverse consequences. We assessed the ...

This article was originally posted Dec. 8, 2014. It has been updated. There are many things in medicine that are merely a matter of preference or style. How to check a patient’s pulse is not one ...

Informed consent was obtained from all enrolled patients before DSA and OCT imaging. From June 2017 to June 2021, 133 consecutive patients admitted to our hospital underwent the OCT examination when ...

Actor Saif Ali Khan shared details of a near-fatal attack at his residence, revealing he has 30 scars on his neck and narrowly avoided damage to critical blood vessels. The knife penetrated close ...

Caution is advised when establishing direct carotid artery access to avoid potential complications, including arterial dissection, hematoma formation, and sheath kinking.

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is uncommon, but serious. Here’s what to know about this rare and potentially life-threatening heart condition. Spontaneous coronary artery ...

Carotid sinus hypersensitivity is rarely diagnosed before age 50 and is more common in men than women. Men with heart conditions such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, coronary artery disease and ...

Involving diverse vascular beds, including the aorta or coronary, cervical, pulmonary, and visceral arteries, each type of dissection is devastating ... arteries is higher than that of carotid or ...

Exercise Physiologist Mitch Kline, left, and Aitkin resident Joanna Jackson, who is in cardiac therapy at Riverwood Healthcare Center in Aitkin following a heart attack.