Bridgette Salatin from Ohio, US, warned against 'ego lifting' at the gym after she suffered a stroke while doing squats ...

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 ...

Thus, for stenosis or occlusion of the vertebral artery confined to its origin, without significant extension into the parent vessel, with a high level of takeoff of the vertebral artery above the ...

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

Case 1. C.A. (S.E.H. No. 66–15874), a 49-year-old man, had syncopal episodes for 3 years occurring about once a week during the past year. The attacks were precipitated by driving a bus.

Los Angeles Assistant Chief Coroner Ed Winter tells PEOPLE that a chiropractor shifted May’s neck, tearing her left vertebral artery. The tear blocked blood flow to May’s brain and caused the ...

He was then taken to a hospital in an emergency, where the doctors diagnosed him with a vertebral artery dissection, which had caused a stroke due to a tear in the inner lining of the vertebral ...

Background: Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is an important cause of stroke in the young. It can present nonspecifically and may be misdiagnosed with adverse consequences. We assessed the ...

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 dissection (VAD) - that then led to a stroke.

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 ...

The researchers studied cases of spontaneous vertebral artery dissection (sVAD), a rupture of a blood vessel in the back of the neck that causes a stroke, with patients’ sleeping habits.