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Research Results from Department of Neurology Update Knowledge of Angiology

Published in Health and Medicine Week, March 16th, 2012

2012 MAR 16 -- Current study results from the report, "Common carotid artery dissection: a case report and review of the literature," have been published. According to the authors of recent research from New York City, New York, "Common carotid artery dissection (CCAD) is a rare and poorly characterized cause of ischemic stroke. We describe a case of multiple cerebral infarcts in a patient with CCAD initially detected by carotid duplex ultrasonography, and review the literature on CCAD."

"A Medline search from 1960 to the present for cases of CCAD yielded 46 cases. We extracted demographic data, anatomical location, symptoms, neurosonography,...

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