Blunt vertebral artery injuries in the era of computed tomographic angiographic screening: Incidence and outcomes from 8292 patients

Journal of Trauma - Injury, Infection and Critical Care

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1333-1338

  Berne, John D ^a   Norwood, Scott H ^a  

^a EAST TEXAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticoagulation; Antiplatelet agents; Aspirin; Blunt cerebrovascular injuries; Blunt vertebral artery injuries; Cerebral ischemia; Coil embolization; Endovascular stent; Interventional radiology; Multidetector CT scanning; Outcome; Screening; Stroke; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; ARTERY DISSECTION; ARTICLE; BLUNT TRAUMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; COIL EMBOLIZATION; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FALLING; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STENT; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY;

ANTICOAGULANTS; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERTEBRAL ARTERY; WOUNDS, NONPENETRATING;

EID: 73949153966     PISSN: 00225282     EISSN: 15298809     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31818888c7     Document Type: Article

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