Premenopausal women presenting with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) are a unique and often underrecognized patient population. Although they are traditionally considered at lower cardiovascular risk ...

About one in five patients with CeAD have dissecting aneurysm (DA), but they do not have an increased risk for subsequent ischemic stroke.

A bulge caused by a neck artery tear doesn’t raise stroke risk in the first six months after diagnosis, suggesting fewer follow-up scans are safe for patients.

People who developed a type of aneurysm with a cervical artery dissection (a tear in the inner lining of the neck artery wall ...

People who developed a type of aneurysm with a cervical artery dissection (a tear in the inner lining of the neck artery wall), a known cause of stroke, particularly in young adults, did not have an ...

Artery dissection occurs when a tear in the inner lining of an artery allows blood to penetrate the vessel wall, leading to the formation of an intramural haematoma. This vascular disturbance can ...

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is a nonatherosclerotic, nontraumatic separation of the coronary arterial walls and causes acute coronary syndrome and sudden cardiac death. Image Credit: ...

PHOENIX -- Anticoagulation worked at least as well as antiplatelet medication for stroke prevention after cervical artery dissection, an observational study suggested. Subsequent ischemic stroke was ...

Liz Johnson, a mom and math teacher, suffered her first heart attack in her classroom.