Ian Applegate’s sneeze was so powerful it tore the artery that supplies blood to his brain — now he wants to recover before ...

The distal portion of the right vertebral artery is filling retrogradely. The proximal left subclavian artery is partially obstructed at its origin. There is anterograde filling of the proximal ...

A 35-year-old man suffered an almost fatal stroke when an artery ruptured in his neck—caused by a sneeze. According to his doctors, Ian Applegate was diagnosed with a vertebral artery dissection—a ...

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 ...

followed by pins and needles on his left side. Unbeknown to Ian, the "violent" sneeze had caused a tear in the inner lining of the vertebral artery - a condition known as a vertebral artery ...

and there is also a hemodynamically significant lesion in the proximal left subclavian artery. Flow reversal can occur in both the vertebral and internal mammary artery, or can be isolated to ...

The type of stent and use of distal protective devices are also left to the interventionalist. 8 If these studies show that stenting is superior to medical management, this type I evidence may ...