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Preferred term

Vertebral Artery Dissection  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Splitting of the vessel wall in the VERTEBRAL ARTERY. Interstitial hemorrhage into the media of the vessel wall can lead to occlusion of the vertebral artery, aneurysm formation, or THROMBOEMBOLISM. Vertebral artery dissection is often associated with TRAUMA and injuries to the head-neck region but can occur spontaneously.

Entry terms

  • Dissecting Vertebral Artery Aneurysm

In other languages

  • French

  • Anévrisme disséquant de l'artère vertébrale
  • Anévrysme disséquant de l'artère vertébrale
  • Dissection artérielle vertébrale
  • Dissection d'artère vertébrale
  • Dissection de l'artère vertébrale

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BSW233JP-B

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