Carotid Artery Dissection: Fat suppression axial MRIs of the lower brainstem. Note the normal flow void in the left internal carotid artery (black signal in the left internal carotid artery) and the ...

While methamphetamine use has been linked previously to aortic dissection, two case reports now suggest methamphetamine, like cocaine, may increase risk of carotid artery dissection as well ...

Long-term results from the largest randomized trial of stenting and surgery have shown that the procedures are equally ...

In rare instances, carotid artery dissection can lead to retinal ischemia, and rare cases of cervical spinal cord infarcts resulting from vertebral-artery dissections have been reported. 5 6 ...

The case is presented of carotid artery dissection causing Horner’s syndrome in a 25 year old woman after treadmill running. She presented with characteristic eye signs and mild pain. Early diagnosis ...

An Indiana woman who died aboard a flight home from a vacation in the Dominican Republic reportedly suffered a a carotid artery dissection in her neck.

Cervical artery dissection begins as a tear in a carotid or vertebral artery in the neck, causing blood to leak and spread between layers of the arterial wall.

The dissection likely happened because the wave's impact led to a rupture of the "vasa vasorum," or the small blood vessels within the wall of the carotid artery, the authors wrote in the report.

Patients with stroke have almost double the risk for MI within a year, while those with cervical artery dissection have no increased risk, new data confirmed.

Carotid Artery Dissection: (Left) Right Carotid Angiogram; (Right) Axial CT scan 3 days after the fall. Note on the angiogram the abrupt tapering and occlusion of the internal carotid artery, forming ...