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Bilateral spontaneous internal carotid artery dissection managed with endovascular stenting – A case report

Carotid artery dissection (CAD) is a frequent cause of stroke, accounting for up to 25% of all ischemic strokes in young and middle-aged patients.1, 2 It may be traumatic or spontaneous, with multi-factorial etiology. A tear in the arterial wall causes intrusion of blood within its layers, producing...

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Autores principales: Agarwala, Manoj Kumar, Asad, Azeez, Gummadi, Naveen, Chidambaram, Sundar, Venkateswaralu, J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5067785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27751333
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ihj.2016.05.002