Cervical artery dissections are tears in a neck artery that are a major cause of stroke. WBZ-TV's Dr. Mallika Marshall ...

Expert Rev Cardiovasc Ther. 2010;8(9):1275-1282. Finally, we examined our own experience with a 9-year follow-up of primary stenting, which is one of the longest to date. A total of 91 patients ...

Fortunately, bilateral subclavian artery disease is an infrequent finding, and when it occurs, it can represent either atherosclerosis or underlying arteritis (i.e., Takayasus arteritis).

The aortic arch branches—including the innominate artery (IA), left carotid artery (LCA), and left subclavian artery (LSA)—were carefully dissected and examined. The site for arterial cannulation was ...

Such a tear can result in blood clots that cause stroke. A new study has found almost a five-fold increase in the number of U.S. hospitalizations for cervical artery dissection over a 15-year period.

Background Data on the prognostic impact of type A aortic dissection involving the common carotid arteries (CCAs) are scarce.Methods Data on the status of the CCAs were available in 1106 patients who ...

The vertebral-basilar system supplies the brain-stem, cerebellum and temporal and occipital lobes 2 (Fig. 1). It begins as the vertebral artery, which is the first branch of the subclavian artery.

Upper left: right coronary artery (RCA), aorta (Ao) root and descending Ao dissection. Upper right: extensive pulmonary artery (PA) root and distal branches (*) dissection. Lower left: ascending Ao ...

Given his history of Marfan’s syndrome and type B aortic dissection, as well as serial growth on repeat imaging, we decided to pursue elective repair of his subclavian artery aneurysm. The patient was ...

Arteries can be thought of as a system of pipes that branch into narrower blood vessels, called arterioles, until reaching capillaries, where oxygen exchange occurs. Arteries also have muscles that ...

Occlusive disease of the subclavian artery has been recognized for many years. 1,2 Autopsy documentation of obstruction, correlated clinically with absent arm pulses, was published as long ago as ...

For patients with cervical artery dissection initially treated with anticoagulation, switching to antiplatelet therapy at 30 days may prevent bleeding events later, as stroke risk was lower by ...