Vertebro-basilar ischaemia with thrombosis of the vertebral artery: report of two cases with embolism.
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry
- Vol. 45 (1) , 91-93
- https://doi.org/10.1136/jnnp.45.1.91
Abstract
Two cases with vertebro-basilar infarcts associated with severe stenosis of the vertebral artery in its cervical part are reported. Complete thrombosis of the vertebral artery was observed after a short delay in both cases. As the carotid arteries were normal and the contralateral vertebral artery was dominant, an embolic mechanism was suspected. No new event occurred in the following 1 and 3 yr, respectively, after the stroke. These 2 cases demonstrate the possibility of embolism from severe stenosis of the cervical vertebral artery. This mechanism could explain some of the infarcts related to vertebral artery occlusion.This publication has 15 references indexed in Scilit:
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