Teaching NeuroImages: Spectrum of paradural dissections of the vertebral artery
| Autor: | Olav Jansen, Ulf Jensen-Kondering |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
Vertebral Artery Dissection
medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Vertebral artery Magnetic Resonance Imaging Stroke 03 medical and health sciences Dissection 0302 clinical medicine medicine.artery medicine Image Processing Computer-Assisted Humans In patient cardiovascular diseases 030212 general & internal medicine Neurology (clinical) Radiology business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery Vertebral Artery |
| Zdroj: | Neurology. 86(23) |
| ISSN: | 1526-632X |
| Popis: | Dissections of the vertebral artery are considered an important cause of stroke, especially in younger patients. Most dissections occur at the atlas loop where the vessel has its greatest mobility but can also extend into the intradural segments or primarily arise within the intradural segment. Antiplatelet therapy or anticoagulation for 3–6 months is efficient in patients with extradural dissections1 (figure, A and B) while antiplatelet therapy is preferred if the dissection is intradural (figure, C–E). Fat saturated T1-weighted images can reliably demonstrate the location and extent of the mural hematoma2 and thus contribute to therapeutic decisions. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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