When a tear occurs in one of the major arteries in the neck and allows blood to enter the wall
of the artery and split its layers, the result is either stenosis or aneurysmal dilatation of the …

Intracranial aneurysms are acquired lesions that are most commonly located at the branching
points of the major arteries coursing through the subarachnoid space at the base of the …

… Author Contributions: Dr Schievink had full access to all of the data in the study and takes
responsibility for the integrity of the data and the accuracy of the data analysis. …

Background Spontaneous dissection of the internal carotid and vertebral arteries is increasingly
recognized as a cause of ischemic stroke in young people. An underlying arteriopathy is …

We studied the characteristics of headaches in 161 consecutive symptomatic patients with
spontaneous dissections of the internal carotid artery (n equals 135) or the vertebral artery (n …

… Schievink WI, Limburg M. Angiographic abnormalities mimicking fibromuscular dysplasia in
a … Schievink WI, Piepgras DG. Cervical vertebral artery aneurysms and arteriovenous fistulae …

✓ Spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leaks are often implicated as the cause of the syndrome
of spontaneous intracranial hypotension, but they have rarely been demonstrated …

Cervical internal carotid artery dissections are diagnosed with an increasing frequency, but
reliable epidemiologic data are not available. The aim of this study was to determine the …

Article abstract—Some patients with aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) never
reach the hospital alive (“sudden death”) and, although their numbers are significant, they are …

THE ETIOLOGY AND pathogenesis of intracranial aneurysms are clearly multifactorial, with
genetic factors playing an increasingly recognized role. Intracranial aneurysms have been …