[9] Warfarin reduced the risk of the primary end point among patients with basilar artery stenosis ... thrombosis, dissection, and stent malposition or fracture.

Strokes caused by an artery tear are landing five times as many Americans in the hospital these days, a new study says.

Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood clots that cause stroke. A new study has found almost a five-fold ...