There are several risk factors for arterial dissection, including history of trauma to cervical spine, history of migraine-type headache, hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, cardiac diseases, vascular ...

Our search identified 3996 unique citations, of which 3485 (87.2%) were excluded at the abstract level (Fig. 1). Agreement was 98.5% for yes/no ratings at the abstract level, with κ=0.65. We did not ...

Cervical artery dissections are defined by the presence of a mural hematoma in the arterial wall. Most occur in the internal carotid artery more than 2 cm after the bifurcation, although they can also ...