Common carotid artery dissection: A case report and review of the literature

Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-60

  Zach, Victor ^a   Zhovtis, Svetlana ^a   Kirchoff Torres, Kathryn F ^a   Weinberger, Jesse M ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

angiography; carotid duplex; cerebral infarct; Common carotid artery; dissection; stroke

Indexed keywords

ENOXAPARIN; HEPARIN; WARFARIN;

ADULT; ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY; AORTA ARCH; AORTA DISSECTION; APHASIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN INFARCTION; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY DISSECTION; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DOPPLER ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; NECK PAIN; NON INVASIVE PROCEDURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CAROTID ARTERY, COMMON; CAROTID STENOSIS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855483717     PISSN: 10523057     EISSN: 15328511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2010.05.001     Document Type: Article

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