Dissection of the internal carotid artery after SCUBA-diving: A case report and review of the literature

Neurologist

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 79-82

  Hafner, Franz ^a   Gary, Thomas ^a   Harald, Froehlich ^a   Pilger, Ernst ^a   Groell, Reinhard ^b   Brodmann, Marianne ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b CT and MRT Diagnostic Center Graz   (Austria)

Author keywords

carotid artery dissection; cervical artery dissection; SCUBA diving; stroke

Indexed keywords

NICOTINE; WATER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; DIVING; DRUG ABUSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MORPHOLOGY; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAIN; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TINNITUS;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANTS; CAROTID ARTERY, INTERNAL, DISSECTION; DIVING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79952375945     PISSN: 10747931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NRL.0b013e3181e6a416     Document Type: Article

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