| Title |
Carotid artery dissection
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Current Treatment Options in Cardiovascular Medicine, June 2004
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| DOI | 10.1007/s11936-996-0020-z |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Magdy Selim, Louis R. Caplan |
| Abstract |
Dissection of the carotid artery in the neck is a relatively common condition. Most dissections are spontaneous, likely related to activities that cause sudden stretch of the pharyngeal portion of the carotid artery. Many patients do not develop brain ischemia but have a triad of neck and head pain, Horner's syndrome, and pulsatile tinnitus. Others present with transient or persistent brain ischemia. Strokes are due to the embolization of thrombus material from the lumen of the dissected artery to the intracranial arteries, most often the middle cerebral artery. Although there have been no randomized therapeutic trials in patients with carotid artery dissection, experience shows that standard anticoagulants in the form of heparin followed by Coumadin (Du Pont Pharma, Wilmington, DE) are effective in preventing further artery-to-artery emboli. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| India | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 14 | 93% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 27% |
| Other | 1 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 1 | 7% |
| Professor | 1 | 7% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 2 | 13% |
| Unknown | 5 | 33% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 4 | 27% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 13% |
| Psychology | 1 | 7% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 7% |
| Neuroscience | 1 | 7% |
| Other | 1 | 7% |
| Unknown | 5 | 33% |
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