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SPONTANEOUS DISSECTION OF THE CAROTID ARTERY
Author(s) -
Effeney David J.,
Krupski William C.,
Ehrenfeld William K.,
Stoney Ronald J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1983.tb02503.x
Subject(s) - medicine , dissection (medical) , stroke (engine) , angiography , carotid arteries , carotid artery dissection , surgery , radiology , arterial dissection , mechanical engineering , engineering
Twenty‐seven patients with spontaneous dissection have been managed between 1966 and 1982. Most presented with focal neurologic symptoms and 33% had had a completed stroke. Because of early failures of attempted operative repair, expectant management was adopted in 17 patients, none of whom had further neurologic events. The artery had re‐expanded to a new normal caliber in 9 of 10 patients evaluated by angiography.