title: Traumatic vertebral arterial dissection and vertebrobasilar arterial thrombosis successfully treated with endovascular thrombolysis and stenting.
abstract: A case of traumatic extracranial vertebral arterial dissection leading to vertebrobasilar thrombosis and respiratory compromise requiring mechanical ventilation was managed with intraarterial thrombolysis and stenting of the vertebral intimal dissection. In contrast to similar, previously reported cases, this critically ill patient made a full recovery, returning to his job as a secondary school teacher.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Western General Hospitals NHS Trust, Edinburgh, Scotland.
authors.forename: R F
authors.initials: RF
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sellar
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Leung
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: O'Sullivan
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000792:Angiography; D001488:Basilar Artery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D015607:Stents; D015912:Thrombolytic Therapy; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000293:injuries*; D014949:Wounds, Nonpenetrating / Q000150:complications*