Postpartum vertebral artery dissection

Extracranial vertebral artery dissection

Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is not uncommon in the young adult population. Owing to the various clinical manifestations; the diagnosis of VAD mainly depends on imaging examinations. Ultrasound has found an increasingly wide utilization in the diagnosis of VAD because of the continuous improvement in the resolution of ultrasonic instruments and accessibility.We retrospectively collected th...

Extracranial vertebral artery dissection.

Vertebral Artery Dissection

Background and Purpose: In this study we analyzed the value of ultrasound examination for diagnosis of vertebral artery dissection. Methods: The vertebrobasilar arterial system was assessed in 14 patients using transcranial and extracranial pulsed-wave Doppler and duplex sonography. Results: The dissections were verified by angiography (in 1 patient), magnetic resonance imaging (in 5), or both ...

Postpartum cervicocephalic artery dissection.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Cervicocephalic artery dissection (CAD) after childbirth is rare. The objective of this study was to determine differences between postpartum and nonpostpartum CAD. METHODS We compared consecutive patients with postpartum CAD with a control group of women with nonpostpartum CAD. RESULTS Of 245 patients with CAD, 102 women <50 years (6 with postpartum CAD and 96 with n...

Recanalization of vertebral artery dissection.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE We investigated the predictors and time course for recanalization after vertebral artery dissection. METHODS We prospectively studied 61 consecutive patients with confirmed diagnoses of vertebral artery dissection without intracerebral hemorrhage. Neuroimaging and clinical follow-up were performed at presentation and at 3, 6, and 12 months. RESULTS We included 61 pati...