[HTML][HTML] Vertebral artery dissection: looking for the ideal study protocol

N Anzalone, M Cadioli - AJNR-American Journal of Neuroradiology, 2011 - ajnrblog.org
The article by Naggara et al 1 on the added value of high-resolution MR imaging in the
diagnosis of vertebral artery dissection shows an interesting comparison between routine …

Added value of high-resolution MR imaging in the diagnosis of vertebral artery dissection

O Naggara, F Louillet, E Touze, D Roy… - American journal …, 2010 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKROUND AND PURPOSE: The optimal imaging method for the diagnosis of VAD
remains undefined. Our aim was to evaluate the added value of HR-MR imaging for the …

Magnetic resonance angiography and magnetic resonance tomography in dissection of the vertebral artery

S Felber, A Auer, C Schmidauer, P Waldenberger… - Der Radiologe, 1996 - europepmc.org
Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is an important cause of posterior circulation stroke in
young adults. Initial symptoms are often non-specific and diagnostic arteriography is not …

MRI and MR angiography of vertebral artery dissection

M Mascalchi, MC Bianchi, S Mangiafico, G Ferrito… - Neuroradiology, 1997 - Springer
A review of 4,500 angiograms yielded 11 patients with dissection of the vertebral arteries
who had MRI and (in 4 patients) MR angiography (MRA) in the acute phase of stroke. One …

Preliminary experience using contrast-enhanced MR angiography to assess vertebral artery structure for the follow-up of suspected dissection

X Leclerc, C Lucas, O Godefroy… - American journal …, 1999 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Important advances have been made recently in MR
angiography with the use of contrast medium injection, which has proved valuable for the …

Vertebral artery dissection with a normal-appearing lumen at multisection CT angiography: the importance of identifying wall hematoma

C Lum, S Chakraborty… - American journal …, 2009 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: CT angiography (CTA) is widely used and may be the only
vascular imaging technique ordered for emergent evaluation of neurovascular disease. With …

Can an ordinary neurological examination induce a dissection of the vertebral artery? A case report

R Dittrich, I Nassenstein, R Bachmann… - Journal of …, 2007 - Springer
Sirs: A 58-year-old woman was hospitalized with a mild Sjogren's syndrome [1, 2, 3]. She
also suffered from muscle pain. Therefore, the patient was admitted to the Department of …

Asymptomatic spontaneous acute vertebral artery dissection: diagnosis by high-resolution magnetic resonance images with a dedicated surface coil

O Naggara, C Oppenheim, JF Toussaint, D Calvet… - European …, 2007 - Springer
Sir, Cervical vertebral artery dissections are a frequent cause of posteriorcirculation stroke in
young and middle-aged adults. In most institutions, intravenous anticoagulation is used for 3 …

Morphological Change of Unruptured Vertebral Artery Dissection on Serial MR Examinations: Evaluation of the Arterial Outer Contour by Basi-Parallel Anatomical …

M Nagahata, H Manabe… - Interventional …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Basi-parallel anatomical scanning (BPAS)-MRI is a simple MRI technique to reveal the
surface contour of the intracranial vertebrobasilar artery. The purpose of this study was to …

Magnetic resonance angiography of spontaneous vertebral artery dissection suspected on Doppler ultrasonography

J Röther, A Schwartz, W Rautenberg, M Hennerici - Journal of neurology, 1995 - Springer
Spontaneous vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is a rare but well-known cause of
cerebrovascular disease and is often difficult to diagnose even using conventional …