Sitting at her desk in the office of the Vassar College film department in Poughkeepsie, New York, Jodi Hammell pulled out ...

Aortic dissection is a life-threatening medical condition in which a tear occurs in the major artery (aorta) that carries blood from the heart to the rest of the body. Recent data shows that about 13, ...

In this way, every patient with a stroke due to carotid artery narrowing can receive a tailor-made risk-based treatment. That saves many patients a major operation and lowers health care costs.

Basilar artery occlusion is associated with high rates of disability and mortality, and despite advances in endovascular treatment, futile recanalization remains a challenge. This study aims to ...

US hospitalizations related to cervical artery dissection (CeAD) increased more than fourfold between 2005 and 2019, suggested a new study that also showed vertebral artery dissection was ...

HealthDay News — Cervical artery dissection (CeAD) incidence increased from 2005 to 2019, with the increase in admissions particularly high in older, Black, and Hispanic populations, according to a ...

It is located on the left and right sides of the head and is relatively short. The posterior cerebral arteries branch off from the basilar artery. The left and right PCAs form the longest sections of ...

Increase in cervical artery dissection admissions was particularly high in older, Black, Hispanic populations. HealthDay News — Cervical artery dissection (CeAD) incidence increased from 2005 to ...

The aorta is the largest artery in the body to which all other major arteries ... Penetrating aortic ulcer: This is a chronic condition that’s very similar to aortic dissection but is usually ...

However, recanalization of basilar artery occlusions remains technically challenging due to variations in occlusion length and access vessel curvature. Complications at the occlusion site, such as ...