Long-term risk of carotid restenosis in patients randomly assigned to endovascular treatment or endarterectomy in the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS): long-term follow-up of a randomised trial [PDF]
Background In the Carotid and Vertebral Artery Transluminal Angioplasty Study (CAVATAS), early recurrent carotid stenosis was more common in patients assigned to endovascular treatment than it was in patients assigned to endarterectomy (CEA), raising ...
Sandercock, Peter +37 more
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Prevalent morphometric vertebral fractures in professional male rugby players. [PDF]
There is an ongoing concern about the risk of injury to the spine in professional rugby players. The objective of this study was to investigate the prevalence of vertebral fracture using vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) dual energy X-ray ...
Beck, B. +14 more
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Introduction: Vertebral artery stenosis can lead to posterior circulation TIAs and stroke. Stenting is often performed to treat symptomatic vertebral artery stenosis.
Suraj Sulhan +5 more
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Vertebral Artery Dissections: A Retrospective Data Analysis of a Single Center
Objective: The aim of our study is to reveal the etiological, anatomical, and morphological characteristics and treatment results of vertebral artery dissections.
Abdullah Yakupoğlu +6 more
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A case of retroesophageal right subclavian artery, with special reference to the second intercostal artery, retroesophageal right vertebral artery, and thoracic duct [PDF]
We report a case of retroesophageal right subclavian artery identified in a 59-year-old Japanese female during routine dissection in Nagasaki University School of Medicine.
Wakebe, Tetsuaki +3 more
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Bilateral vertebral artery dissection extending to the left posterior cerebral artery: A case report
Intracranial artery dissection accounts for a small percentage (1%-2%) of all ischemic strokes. Vertebral artery dissection sometimes extends to the basilar artery but very rarely to the posterior cerebral artery.
Masahiro Morishita, MD +7 more
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Extent of hypoattenuation on CT angiography source images in Basilar Artery occlusion: prognostic value in the Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study [PDF]
<p><b>Background and Purpose:</b> The posterior circulation Acute Stroke Prognosis Early CT Score (pc-ASPECTS) quantifies the extent of early ischemic changes in the posterior circulation with a 10-point grading system.
Christine A.C. Wijman +64 more
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Carotid-Vertebral Artery Bypass for Symptomatic Vertebral Artery Pseudoaneurysm [PDF]
We report a case of an embolizing proximal vertebral artery aneurysm repaired successfully with reversed saphenous vein graft in the presence of a hypoplastic contralateral vertebral artery.
Huilgol, R. +2 more
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Post-traumatic vertebral arteriovenous fistula (vAVF) caused by motor vehicle accidents (MVA) is a rare condition in which there is abnormal communication between the vertebral artery and its adjacent veins.
Abdul Rahim Nur Fazdlin +2 more
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Objective Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is characterized by cardiovascular risk excess not fully explained by traditional factors. Whether the severity of microvascular damage correlates with structural subclinical atherosclerosis remains unclear. We investigated the relationship between nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) abnormalities and carotid ...
Eugenio Capparelli +13 more
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