Carotid artery dissection can also cause pain in the neck. This condition occurs due to a tear in the artery, sometimes due to an injury. It is a medical emergency and can lead to a stroke.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

Migraine with brainstem aura or MBA (formerly known as basilar migraines) are headaches that start in the lower part of the brain, called the brainstem. They cause symptoms such as dizziness ...