In community-based studies in the United States and France, the annual incidence of spontaneous carotid-artery dissection ranged from 2.5 per 100,000 to 3 per 100,000. 4,5 Given the relative ...

A large population-based study found that statin use was significantly associated with a reduced risk of SAH. Research ...

This is one of the classic appearances of a dissection. On the intracranial internal carotid angiograms, note the complete absence of the middle cerebral artery. The anterior cerebral artery is well ...

Carotid Artery Dissection: (Left) Right Carotid Angiogram at the level of the carotid bifurcation; (Middle) Right Carotid Angiogram at the level of the base of the skull; (Right) Axial CT scan 3 days ...

Yu W, McIntosh A, Hungs M, et al. Carotid artery dissection and middle cerebral artery stroke following methamphetamine use. Neurology 2006; 67:2259-2260.