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 ...

A retrospective study of stroke cases at two major academic medical centers, led by University of California, San Francisco neurologists, indicates that chiropractic manipulation of the neck can cause ...

We report a case of a middle-aged man who suffered a cerebral infarction resulting from dissection of a vertebral artery associated with morning blood pressure surge. A 56-year-old man was transferred ...

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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, ...

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Our systematic review of 75 papers demonstrates that reports on clinical features associated with VAD are heterogenous, with very few (only 2) studies including sample sizes over 100 and no studies of ...