Thus, for stenosis or occlusion of the vertebral artery confined to its origin, without significant extension into the parent vessel, with a high level of takeoff of the vertebral artery above the ...

To date, there have been no randomized trials studying the use of different antiplatelet therapies or anticoagulation against antiplatelet therapy in known cases of extracranial vertebral artery ...

Jenkins et al. retrospectively reviewed their series of 105 patients who underwent endovascular stenting for symptomatic vertebral artery stenosis in 112 vertebral arteries. 1 Their patient ...

Los Angeles Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter tells PEOPLE that a chiropractor shifted May’s neck, tearing her left vertebral artery. The tear blocked blood flow to May’s brain and caused the ...

The researchers studied cases of spontaneous vertebral artery dissection (sVAD), a rupture of a blood vessel in the back of the neck that causes a stroke, with patients’ sleeping habits.

Cervical artery dissection (CeAD) incidence increased from 2005 to 2019, with the increase in admissions particularly high in ...