Cerebral embolus following chiropractic manipulation in a patient with a calcified carotid artery

Journal of Neuroimaging

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 429-430

  Dandamudi, Venkata S ^a   Thaler, David E ^a   Malek, Adel M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcification; Cervical manipulation; Embolus; Spine; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARM WEAKNESS; ARTERY CALCIFICATION; ARTICLE; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CAROTID ARTERY CALCIFICATION; CAROTID ARTERY INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHIC ANGIOGRAPHY; HAND PARESTHESIA; HUMAN; MALE; NECK PAIN; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CHIROPRACTIC; COMPLICATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CALCINOSIS; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL EMBOLISM; MALE; MANIPULATION, CHIROPRACTIC; MIDDLE AGED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879839487     PISSN: 10512284     EISSN: 15526569     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2012.00706.x     Document Type: Article

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