Traumatic Dissection of Carotid Artery in a 34-Year-Old Patient Presenting to Emergency Department; a Case Report

Dissection of neck arteries including carotid artery is among the vascular injuries following blunt neck trauma. Manifestations of this injury are usually delayed and present as neurological problems. This injury is accountable for about 2% of cerebral infarctions but causes 20% of brain strokes in...

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Main Authors: Fatemeh Mohammadi, Reza Mosaddegh, Motahhareh Afrakhteh, Samira Vaziri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences 2016-12-01
Series:طب اورژانس ایران
Online Access:http://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/en-iranjem/article/view/15361