Study finds nearly five-fold increase in hospitalizations for common cause of stroke Date: April 2, 2025 Source: American Academy of Neurology Summary: Cervical artery dissection is a tear in an artery in the neck that provides blood flow to the brain. Such a tear can result in blood clots that cause stroke. A new study […]
Caspian J Intern Med. 2022;13(Suppl 3):281-283. doi: 10.22088/cjim.13.0.281. Mohammad Ghorbani PMID: 35872686 PMCID: PMC9272953 DOI: 10.22088/cjim.13.0.281 Abstract Background: Cervical carotid dissection is one of the causes of ischemic stroke in young people. Most of the patients with carotid dissection do not have connective tissue diseases (Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome). It seems that dissection may occur […]