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Article: Reports on stroke findings from S.P. Moubayed and co-researchers provide new insights.(Clinical report)
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- Clinical Trials Week
- Article date:
- November 16, 2009
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"Vertebral artery (VA) stenosis caused mainly by atherosclerosis accounts for up to 20% of posterior circulation strokes. Isolated positional vertigo or dizziness can be the initial presentation symptom," scientists in Montreal, Canada report (see also Stroke).
"The objective is to compare the presence of isolated positional vertigo or dizziness in patients with evaluation of VA morphology, thrombotic stroke risk factors, and evolution of symptoms with time. Double-blind retrospective cohort study. Magnetic resonance angiography reports describing the VAs of 258 patients were reviewed, and 133 were questioned and their hospital charts reviewed for positional ...