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 ...

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 frequency ...

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 ...

Antiplatelet or anticoagulant treatment performed equally well in preventing strokes in cervical artery dissection patients at 1 year, final results of the open-label CADISS clinical trial showed. The ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . NASHVILLE, Tenn. — For prevention of stroke, major bleeding or death, it did not matter whether patients with ...

While neck cracking offers relief for many, a rare but real risk of stroke exists due to potential injury to brain-supplying arteries like the vertebral arteries. Forceful or sudden movements can ...