Introduction Vertebral artery (VA) dissection caused by swinging a golf club is extremely rare, and only a few cases of dissection have been reported. [1–3] Sudden head rotation in swinging a ...

Shoko M. Yamada, MD; Yoshiaki Goto, MD; Mineko Murakami, MD; Katsumi Hoya, MD; Akira Matsuno, MD Disclosures Clin J Sport Med. 2014;24 (2):155-157.

A multidisciplinary surgical team at the King Hussein Cancer Center (KHCC) has successfully removed a malignant cervical tumor in a procedure described as the first of its kind in Jordan and the ...

Objective The study was designed to investigate if vascular occlusion in the internal carotid artery (ICA) or the contralateral vertebral artery (VA) contribute to developing in-stent restenosis (ISR) ...

7. Ezzeldin M, Ota R, Riha E, et al. Use of angled-tip aspiration catheters is associated with a lower cost of thrombectomy in patients with acute ischemic stroke secondary to large and medium vessel ...

Materials and methods We conducted a meta-analysis of eight retrospective studies that compared internal trapping with stent-assisted coiling for the treatment of vertebral artery dissecting aneurysms ...

The WEB device was deployed immediately proximal to the origin of the PICA. After WEB deployment, further stasis and occlusion were achieved with coils. This combination of the WEB device and coils ...

Methods: We retrospectively reviewed clinical data on patients admitted at a single institution for possible stroke between 2004 and 2007, and selected subjects who underwent angiography of the neck.

However, for 41-year-old Carissa Klundt, it caused a tear in the artery that runs along her spine. A vertebral artery dissection, or VAD, is a tear in one or more tissue layers that make up the ...

New study reveals alarming increase in cases of cervical artery dissection, a little-known but growing cause of stroke.

Las Vegas mom of three Carissa Klundt ended up in the ICU and was bedridden for weeks after a chiropractic injury.