Cervical artery dissection: Pathology, epidemiology and management

Thrombosis Research

Volumn 123, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 810-821

  Kim, Yang Ki ^a,b   Schulman, Sam ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Carotid artery; Dissection; Platelet inhibition; Stroke; Vertebral artery

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALTEPLASE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; ANTIVITAMIN K; CLOPIDOGREL; DANAPAROID; HEPARIN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; PLACEBO; UROKINASE; WARFARIN;

ANGIOGRAPHY; ANGIOPLASTY; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ANTICOAGULATION; ARTERY DISSECTION; BLEEDING; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BLOOD VESSEL OCCLUSION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BYPASS SURGERY; CAROTID ARTERY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY LIGATION; CEREBRAL ARTERY DISEASE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORONARY STENT; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOVASCULAR SURGERY; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; GENETIC DISORDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOGENESIS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECANALIZATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STROKE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THROMBOCYTE AGGREGATION INHIBITION; THROMBOEMBOLISM; TREATMENT INDICATION; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; HUMANS; INTERCELLULAR ADHESION MOLECULE-1; METHYLENETETRAHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE (NADPH2); PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RISK FACTORS; THROMBOEMBOLISM; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 63049129519     PISSN: 00493848     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.thromres.2009.01.013     Document Type: Review

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