Iatrogenic vertebral artery injury

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 349-357

  Inamasu, Joji ^a   Guiot, B H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complication; Dissection; Iatrogenic; Incidence; Vertebral artery injury

Indexed keywords

ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; ARTERY INJURY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CELL DAMAGE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FALSE ANEURYSM; HUMAN; IATROGENIC DISEASE; IATROGENIC VERTEBRAL ARTERY INJURY; INCIDENCE; MANIPULATIVE MEDICINE; NERVE BLOCK; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; SPINE SURGERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ANEURYSM, FALSE; ARTERIOVENOUS FISTULA; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; RISK FACTORS; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY;

EID: 28144442214     PISSN: 00016314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0404.2005.00497.x     Document Type: Review

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