Carotid artery dissection after treadmill running * Commentary

Running, ischaemic stroke and carotid artery dissection.

1 Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, R3 Clinical Neurosciences (Box 83), Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Hills Road, Cambridge. CB2 0QQ 2 Department of Stroke Medicine, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Hills Road, Cambridge. CB2 0QQ 3 Department of Radiology, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundatio...

Internal carotid artery dissection after childbirth.

A 44-year-old woman developed a left cerebral infarction secondary to internal carotid artery dissection 6 days after childbirth. A cesarean section had been carried out after 14 hours of strenuous unsuccessful labor. Although in the past some authors have implicated oral contraceptives as a cause for carotid dissection, carotid dissection associated with childbirth has not been previously desc...

Hemifacial sweating after carotid artery dissection.

Spontaneous carotid artery dissection.

Carotid and Vertebral Artery Dissection