Cervico-Cranial Arterial Dissections

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Identifier 20020212_nanos_coagulationsympos_05
Title Cervico-Cranial Arterial Dissections
Creator Louis R. Caplan
Affiliation Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA
Subject Dissections; Arteries; Trauma; Mechanical Stress
Description Dissections are tears in arteries, almost always involving the medial coat. Dissections are traumatic or 'spontaneous' in origin, but, in fact, the vast majority of dissections probably involve some trauma or mechanical stress. Sudden neck movements and stretching are particularly likely to cause dissection.
Date 2002-02-12
Language eng
Format application/pdf
Type Text
Source 2002 North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society Annual Meeting
Relation is Part of NANOS 2002: Coagulation
Collection Neuro-Ophthalmology Virtual Education Library: NANOS Annual Meeting Collection: https://novel.utah.edu/collection/nanos-annual-meeting-collection/
Publisher North American Neuro-Ophthalmology Society
Holding Institution Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, University of Utah
Rights Management Copyright 2002. For further information regarding the rights to this collection, please visit: https://NOVEL.utah.edu/about/copyright
ARK ark:/87278/s6rv3v7k
Setname ehsl_novel_nam
ID 181811
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6rv3v7k
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