Dissection of the V4 segment of the vertebral artery: Clinicoradiologic manifestations and endovascular treatment

European Radiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 983-993

  Yoon, Woong ^a   Seo, Jeong Jin ^a   Kim, Tae Sun ^a   Do, Huy M ^b   Jayaraman, Mahesh V ^b   Marks, Michael P ^b  

^a Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arterial dissection; Endovascular therapy; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; CONTRAST MEDIUM; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANGIOPLASTY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM INFARCTION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONVENTIONAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISSECTING ANEURYSM; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STENT; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY STENOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HEMORRHAGES; ISCHEMIA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 34248637886     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-006-0272-8     Document Type: Article

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