title: Basilar artery occlusion following yoga exercise: a case report.
abstract: Basilar artery occlusion developed in a 34 year old woman 2 months after adopting unusual neck postures during yoga practice. On angiography, her basilar artery was filled with intraluminal clot while the vertebral arteries were normal. We postulate that a severe reduction in blood flow and possibly an intimal tear triggered thrombosis of the vertebral artery and that the final stroke mechanism was artery-to-artery embolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong.
authors.forename: K Y
authors.initials: KY
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: R T
authors.initials: RT
authors.lastname: Cheung
authors.forename: Y L
authors.initials: YL
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: C W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D001488:Basilar Artery; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D015013:Yoga