Treatment issues in spontaneous cervicocephalic artery dissections

International Journal of Stroke

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 213-218

  Arnold, Marcel ^a   Fischer, Urs ^a   Bousser, Marie Germaine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b University Hospital   (France)

Author keywords

Carotid artery dissection; Endovascular treatment; Thrombolysis; Treatment; Vertebral artery dissection

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; RECOMBINANT PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR;

ACUTE DISEASE; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ANGIOPLASTY; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CAROTID ARTERY STENTING; COIL EMBOLIZATION; CONSENSUS; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DECOMPRESSIVE CRANIECTOMY; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; DRUG FATALITY; HEADACHE; HORNER SYNDROME; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); NECK PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECANALIZATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPORT INJURY; STROKE; STUDY DESIGN; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); THROMBOEMBOLISM; TRANSIENT ISCHEMIC ATTACK; TREATMENT DURATION;

ANEURYSM, DISSECTING; ATHLETIC INJURIES; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CEREBRAL ARTERIAL DISEASES; HUMANS; ISCHEMIC ATTACK, TRANSIENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RECURRENCE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; VERTEBRAL ARTERY DISSECTION;

EID: 79955768032     PISSN: 17474930     EISSN: 17474949     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-4949.2011.00605.x     Document Type: Review

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