Anticoagulation therapy for vertebral artery stump syndrome.
There are very few reports describing the presence of a stump embolism after vertebral artery occlusion. We describe three patients who presented with posterior circulation ischemic strokes after vertebral artery occlusion. These patients were successfully treated with anticoagulation therapy without surgical or endovascular treatment.
Kawano
Hiroyuki
H
Department of Neurology, Stroke Center, Saiseikai Kumamoto Hospital, Japan. hkawanoo@gmail.com
Inatomi
Yuichiro
Y
Hirano
Teruyuki
T
Yonehara
Toshiro
T
Uchino
Makoto
M
D000368:Aged; D000925:Anticoagulants / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001157:Arterial Occlusive Diseases / Q000150:complications; D002533:Cerebral Angiography / Q000379:methods; D004617:Embolism / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology; D004621:Embolization, Therapeutic / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000473:pathology*
D000925:Anticoagulants