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American Journal of Neuroradiology, Vol 19, Issue 9 1677-1680, Copyright © 1998 by American Society of Neuroradiology

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Traumatic vertebral arterial dissection and vertebrobasilar arterial thrombosis successfully treated with endovascular thrombolysis and stenting

RF Price, R Sellar, C Leung and MJ O'Sullivan
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospitals NHS Trust, Edinburgh, Scotland.

A case of traumatic extracranial vertebral arterial dissection leading to vertebrobasilar thrombosis and respiratory compromise requiring mechanical ventilation was managed with intraarterial thrombolysis and stenting of the vertebral intimal dissection. In contrast to similar, previously reported cases, this critically ill patient made a full recovery, returning to his job as a secondary school teacher.




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