Lethal Vertebral Artery Dissection in Pregnancy: A Case Report and Review...

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  April 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......who developed right vertebral artery dissection with subsequent massive...predisposing factors for vertebral artery dissection and subarachnoid hemorrhage...high mortality rate.12 Vertebral artery dissection is a rare cause of SAH...

Stroke following vertebral artery dissection: a case study.

MedSurg Nursing;  August 1, 1998 ;     700+ words ......Embolization from vertebral artery dissection secondary to...of cerebral artery dissection is unknown...the unilateral vertebral artery has been reported...Paterson, 1995). Vertebral artery dissection is less common...

Small Risk for Stroke

The Washington Post;  May 22, 2003 ;     204 words ......stroke discussed -- the vertebral artery dissection -- has been associated with...forces transmitted to the vertebral artery during cervical spine (neck...adjustment to cause a vertebral artery dissection unless the artery already...

Transforaminal Cervical Epidural Injections

Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine;  March 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......depicts the clinical course of vertebral artery dissection: thrombosis of the artery...affected artery is the dominant vertebral artery and consequently, most of...high prevalence of vertebral artery dissection at the low cer

Neurology Study 'Fraught With Design Flaws,' According to American...

PR Newswire;  May 12, 2003 ;     700+ words ......resulting from vertebral artery dissections is...type of stroke--a Vertebral Artery Dissection (VAD). This is...found cases where vertebral artery stroke appeared...controversial. Vertebral artery dissections are...transmitted to the vertebral ...

Craniocervical arterial dissection a diagnostic challenge

Ophthalmology Times;  May 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......arteries (carotid or vertebral) account for 10...Internal carotid artery Dissection of the internal...internal carotid artery dissection * Oculomotor nerve...with ophthalmic artery occlusion These...symptoms and signs. Vertebral artery Dissection of the ...

Spontaneous bilateral vertebral artery dissections: Case report and...

Mayo Clinic Proceedings;  September 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ...Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) has been increasingly...resonance imaging; VAD = vertebral artery dissection Cervical artery dissections...adults. Most reported cases of vertebral artery dissection (VAD) have occurred secondary...

Unique case of pulsatile tinnitus

The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology;  December 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ......artery and unilateral vertebral artery dissection. The arterial origins...7 Tinnitus caused by vertebral artery dissection is unusual in the absence...artery and unilateral vertebral artery dissection that followed a major...

RADIOLOGICAL CASE OF THE MONTH

Applied Radiology;  December 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......secondary to vertebral artery dissection IMAGING FINDINGS...nondominant left vertebral artery at the level...Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is...occlusion of the artery due to atherosclerosis...hypoplastic left vertebral artery (VA), probably...

The mechanics of neck manipulation with special consideration of the...

The Journal of the Canadian Chiropractic Association;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ......manipulation. Specifically, vertebral artery dissection, or other mechanical injury...blood flow through the vertebral artery during diagnostic, and...was (is) concern that vertebral artery occlusion may occur during...happens mechanically to the vertebral artery ...

Vertebrobasilar Stroke: What Every Doctor of Chiropractic Must Know

Dynamic Chiropractic;  May 20, 2008 ;     700+ words ......population-based incidence of vertebrobasilar artery-related stroke no greater for patients who had...Colleges' (ACC) DVD, "Cervical Spine Adjusting and Vertebral Artery Issues." The two-hour DVD presentation was developed...likely the following occurred: * Patient has a vertebral artery ...

LETTERS: TREATMENT POSES MINIMAL STROKE RISK

Dayton Daily News;  July 2, 2003 ;     610 words ......of stroke reported upon in the study - the vertebral artery dissection (VAD) - has also been associated with many...trained doctor of chiropractic, to cause a vertebral artery dissection unless the artery already has a significant...

Distress triggered cervical root compression pain by looped vertebral...

Neurology India;  July 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......blood axial MR images revealed that vertebral artery loop compressed the Cface=+Subscript...time-of-flight) MR Angiography showed a vertebral artery tortuosity [Figure 3]. The patient...radiculopathy due to loops of the vertebral artery is seen rare. The average age was...

Cervical spine manipulation: an alternative medical procedure with...

Southern Medical Journal;  February 1, 2007 ;     700+ words ......frequent injuries involve artery dissection or spasm. Stroke as...and dissection of the vertebral arteries (VAD) is a...neurologic complications, vertebral artery dissection, stroke...inconclusive in regards to vertebral artery dissection. Subsequently, ...

Techniques in the treatment of craniovertebral instability

Neurology India;  October 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ......anatomyface=-Italic; The course of the vertebral artery, extensive venous channels in the...architecture and a complex and important vertebral artery relationship. Injury to the artery...blood flow from the contralateral vertebral artery. The vertebral artery adopts a ...