Dissections of extracranial arteries are estimated to account for only 2% of all ischemic strokes but for approximately 20% of strokes in patients younger than 45 years old. Most dissections of extracranial arteries involve ...

We aimed to characterize spontaneous cervical artery dissection (CeAD) patients with and without stroke and describe risk factors for cerebrovascular complications in a Chilean prospective cohort. Methods: Consecutive CeAD ...

Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is a rare and sometimes unrecognized cause of stroke in patients younger than 45 years. Herein, we describe a very rare case of bilateral vertebral artery dissection after a session of ...

Spontaneous dissection of the cervical and cerebral arteries is an important cause of stroke and disability in young patients. In this report, the authors present a case series of patients with spontaneous carotid, vertebral, ...

© 2014, Sociedad de Cirujanos de Chile. All rights Reserved. Introduction: Spontaneous dissection of the superior mesenteric artery (AMS) is a infrecuent pathology, representing the main frequency of isolated peripheral ...

In ascending aorta aneurysms, there is an enlargement of the whole vessel, whereas aortic dissections (ADs) are characterized by the cleavage of the wall into 2 sheets at the external half. We searched if alterations in ...

Background: Spontaneous dissections of visceral arteries are rare and usually secondary to other disease. There is paucity of information about their natural course. Aim: To describe the imaging, clinical characteristics ...