Vertebral Artery Dissection
"Vertebral Artery Dissection" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Splitting of the vessel wall in the VERTEBRAL ARTERY. Interstitial hemorrhage into the media of the vessel wall can lead to occlusion of the vertebral artery, aneurysm formation, or THROMBOEMBOLISM. Vertebral artery dissection is often associated with TRAUMA and injuries to the head-neck region but can occur spontaneously.
| Descriptor ID |
D020217
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.300.350.875 C10.900.250.650 C14.907.055.050.575 C14.907.253.535.800 C26.915.200.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Vertebral Artery Dissection- Vertebral Artery Dissection
- Artery Dissection, Vertebral
- Artery Dissections, Vertebral
- Dissection, Vertebral Artery
- Dissections, Vertebral Artery
- Vertebral Artery Dissections
- Dissecting Vertebral Artery Aneurysm
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| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Vertebral Artery Dissection" by people in Profiles.
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Sumo-Associated Traumatic Vertebral Artery Dissection Precipitating Subarachnoid Hemorrhage in Association with Bifid Origins of the Posterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery. World Neurosurg. 2020 Feb; 134:641-646.e4.
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Flow diverter treatment of intracranial vertebral artery dissecting pseudoaneurysms. J Neurointerv Surg. 2017 Nov; 9(11):1064-1068.
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Carotid and Vertebral Dissection Imaging. Curr Pain Headache Rep. 2016 Dec; 20(12):68.