To date, there have been no randomized trials studying the use of different antiplatelet therapies or anticoagulation against antiplatelet therapy in known cases of extracranial vertebral artery ...

Thus, for stenosis or occlusion of the vertebral artery confined to its origin, without significant extension into the parent vessel, with a high level of takeoff of the vertebral artery above the ...

Los Angeles Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter tells PEOPLE that a chiropractor shifted May’s neck, tearing her left vertebral artery. The tear blocked blood flow to May’s brain and caused the ...

He was then taken to a hospital in an emergency, where the doctors diagnosed him with a vertebral artery dissection, which had caused a stroke due to a tear in the inner lining of the vertebral ...

Case 1. C.A. (S.E.H. No. 66–15874), a 49-year-old man, had syncopal episodes for 3 years occurring about once a week during the past year. The attacks were precipitated by driving a bus.

Patients with vertebrobasilar stenosis are currently being enrolled in two other randomized studies; the Vertebral Artery Stenting Trial (VAST), 8 for stenting of intracranial or extracranial ...