Open AccessProvokable bilateral vertebral artery compression diagnosed with transcranial Doppler.
Author(s) -
N. J. Brautaset
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
stroke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.397
H-Index - 319
eISSN - 1524-4628
pISSN - 0039-2499
DOI - 10.1161/01.str.23.2.288
Subject(s) - medicine , vertebrobasilar insufficiency , vertebral artery , basilar artery , transcranial doppler , blood flow , radiology , posterior cerebral artery , cardiology , middle cerebral artery , ischemia
Head and neck movements may cause vascular compression that produces a syndrome of vertebrobasilar insufficiency. Vertebrobasilar circulation was examined noninvasively in two patients who were able to provoke these symptoms repeatedly on demand.
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