The V4 segment is the intracranial vessel that joins the contralateral vertebral artery to form the basilar artery. This segment is infrequently affected by atherosclerosis, but is vulnerable to ...

all from the vertebral artery dissection. Complications after TPA or TNK for stroke include intracranial hemorrhage, cardiac tamponade (especially if the stroke was caused by aortic dissection ...

Background: Vertebral artery dissection (VAD ... Subarachnoid hemorrhage was seen only with intracranial dissections (57% vs. 0%, P=0.003). Fewer than half of the patients had obvious trauma ...

In 21 cases at least 1 extracranial cerebral vessel was ... as described above, and the vertebral arteries were visualized by retrograde brachial-artery catheterization according to the Seldinger ...

Patients were then divided into two cohorts with or without carotid-cerebral artery disease (defined as stenosis of any carotid, vertebral or intracranial artery≥50%). The primary outcome was the ...

Hours later, the MRI results showed a cerebellar infarct and vertebral artery dissection. Finally ... particularly by not taking even simple measures to reduce intracranial pressure, such as elevating ...

Objective To report our data and provide a summarized review of literature using flow diverter stents for the treatment of intracranial vertebral artery dissecting pseudoaneurysms. Methods We ...

the M1 and M2 segments of the middle cerebral artery, the V4 segment of the vertebral artery, and the basilar artery was performed. All angioplasty procedures were technically successful, and the ...

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 ...

A 3D model accurately mimicking the blood-brain barrier (BBB) in a laboratory environment has been successfully developed by ...