title: Epidemiology of cervical artery dissection.
abstract: The diagnosis of cervical artery dissection has become routine. In young patients, spontaneous CAD is the cause of up to one-fourth of strokes. The incidence of spontaneous CAD is approximately 5 per 100,000 per year and is highest in autumn. The long-term recurrence rate is only approximately 1% per year, but it is higher in patients with familial arterial disease.
authors.affiliation: Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute and Department of Neurology, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, Calif., USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schievink
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Roiter
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D020212:Carotid Artery Injuries / Q000453:epidemiology*; D020215:Carotid Artery, Internal, Dissection / Q000453:epidemiology*; D015984:Causality; D015897:Comorbidity; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008910:Minnesota / Q000453:epidemiology; D016491:Peripheral Vascular Diseases / Q000453:epidemiology; D012008:Recurrence; D012621:Seasons; D020217:Vertebral Artery Dissection / Q000453:epidemiology*