Background: Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is an important cause of stroke in the young. It can present nonspecifically and may be misdiagnosed with adverse consequences. We assessed the ...

Vertebral artery (VA) dissection caused by swinging a golf club is extremely rare, and the mechanism of the dissection has not been elucidated. A 39-year-old man suddenly felt sharp neck pain and ...

Kelowna's mayor is off duty for an undisclosed period of time due to a health setback. The City of Kelowna staff sent out a news release Friday morning, saying Mayor Tom Dyas is recovering from "a ...

Her patient, a previously healthy young woman, experienced a life-altering vertebral artery dissection during what should have been a routine chiropractic appointment. The incident resulted in a ...

A CT scan revealed a maturing obstruction near the base of her skull, and a CT angiogram confirmed a left vertebral artery dissection. Unfortunately, no treatment options were available, and Kowalczyk ...

HARDIN VALLEY. Hardin Valley teen building a new life after devastating dirt bike crash. Nancy Anderson, Shopper News. Hardin Valley Academy junior Isaiah Springer doesn’t remem ...

A young mother and gymgoer died following chiropractor treatment on her neck pain after “she felt a crack to her neck” while working out. Joanna Kowalczyk, 29, injured her neck during a personal ...

The location of dissections was dependent upon the intervention: 17(53.1%) had internal carotid artery dissection, 13(40.6%) vertebral artery dissection, and 2(6.3%) common carotid dissection. One ...

Kelowna City Councillor Charlie Hodge is being treated at Kelowna General Hospital for injuries suffered from a fall in his ...

Angiography confirmed left vertebral artery dissection causing vertebral artery occlusion (thrombolysis in myocardial infarction (TIMI) 0) and basilar artery thrombosis. Deployment of six ...

internal carotid artery dissection, traumatic vertebral artery aneurism and a few others conditions. We're not trying to scare you or tell you not to headband, but maybe just be a bit more ...

Medical history included remote vertebral artery dissection, hypertension and tobacco use. Initial head CT was normal; CT angiogram revealed bilateral internal carotid artery dissections with ...