ArticleCerebrovascular diseases extra2017
Characteristics and Outcomes of Vertebrobasilar Artery Dissection with Accompanied Atherosclerosis.
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- Association between smoking and intracranial artery dissection in patients aged less than 50 years: A propensity score-matched analysis.Tobacco induced diseases · 2023Article
- Influence of Vertebrobasilar Stenotic Lesion Rigidity on the Outcome of Angioplasty and Stenting.Scientific reports · 2020Article
- Contributing factors to quality of life after vertebral artery dissection: a prospective comparative study.BMC neurology · 2019Article
- Vertebrobasilar artery dissection manifesting as Millard-Gubler syndrome in a young ischemic stroke patient: A case report.World journal of clinical cases · 2019Article
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Abstract
backgroundWith the popularity of MRI use, vertebrobasilar artery dissection (VBD) has been found more frequently in patients with posterior circulation ischemic stroke (PCS). The relationship between VBD and atherosclerosis is unknown. The present study aimed to prove the hypothesis that PCS with pure VBD (p-VBD) and with VBD and accompanied cervical or cerebral artery atherosclerosis (a-VBD) have distinct manifestations.
methodsPatients with VBD-related PCS who were prospectively enrolled in the Taipei Veterans General Hospital Stroke Registry between January 1, 2010 and August 31, 2014 were recruited for the present study. Patients who had (1) atherosclerotic plaques with or without stenotic flow in cervical arteries on Duplex ultrasonography or (2) focal >30% stenosis in cerebral arteries other than the dissecting region (usually in arterial bifurcations which are prone to atheroma formation) on brain MRA were defined as a-VBD.
resultsThere were 91 patients (67 [73.6%] males, mean age 65.5 years [SD = 15.2, range, 21-91]) with VBD-related PCS recruited for the present study; 31 were a-VBD and 60 were p-VBD. The results showed that there were significant differences in onset age, frequency of cigarette smoking, dissecting vascular involvement, and infarct locations between the 2 groups. In addition, compared with p-VBD, the a-VBD group had poorer functional recovery at 3 months and 1 year, respectively, which was independent of age, sex, vascular risk factors, stroke severity at admission, and treatment options.
conclusionVBD-related PCS with and without accompanied atherosclerosis had different manifestations and should be regarded as distinct arterial diseases.
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