These conditions arise from damage to neck arteries, which can result in tears or ruptures, especially in the vertebrobasilar artery during excessive manipulation or stretching of the neck.

Correspondence to Dr Justin F Fraser, Neurological Surgery, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536, USA; Jfr235{at}uky.edu ...

The antiphospholipid syndrome associated with hepatic vein thrombosis has usually been of the primary type; that is, the American Rheumatism Association criteria for the diagnosis of systemic ...

Doctors quickly determined that she’d had a massive stroke. It was caused by a clot in her basilar artery. The basilar is the main artery that carries blood to the back portion of the brain.

Anticoagulation aims to reduce the risk of further thrombosis and is recommended in all patients unless there is a contraindication. Most studies describing patients treated with anticoagulation ...