Background: Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is an important cause of stroke in the young. It can present nonspecifically and may be misdiagnosed with adverse consequences. We assessed the frequency ...

There are several risk factors for arterial dissection, including history of trauma to cervical spine, history of migraine-type headache, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, cardiac diseases, vascular ...

Doctors have long been as puzzled as their patients have been alarmed when some unaccustomed exercise causes not only numbness in an arm but faintness and even temporary blindness. Now artery ...