Evaluation of extracranial vertebral artery dissection with duplex color-flow imaging

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Bartels, E
Flugel, KA
机构
[1] Dept. Neurol. Clin. Neurophysiol., Akademisches Lehrkrankenhaus, Stadtisches Krankhs. Munchen-B., Munich
[2] Dept. Neurol. Clin. Neurophysiol., Stadtisches Krankhs. Munchen-B., 81925 Munich
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dissection; duplex scanning; ultrasonics; vertebral artery;
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10.1161/01.STR.27.2.290
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Background and Purpose We describe the diagnostic potential of duplex color-flow imaging in the evaluation of extracranial vertebral artery dissection. Methods Twenty patients with 24 extracranial vertebral artery dissections (four bilateral) were examined with duplex ultrasonography over a period of 6 years. Color-flow imaging was carried out in 16 of these patients. In 15 patients (75%), the dissection was temporally related to trauma. Angiography was available in 18 patients, confirming the diagnosis. Results In 15 patients, the diagnosis was primarily established with ultrasonography. Five patients with a dissection were referred for follow-up color-flow examinations. Six vertebral arteries were dissected at the origin or in the proximal V1 segment, one in the distal V2 segment, and one at the atlas loop. In contrast to other studies, the most frequent localization of the dissection in our patients was the region between the V1 and V2- segments (n=16), where the most typical dissection site was the entrance of the artery into the transverse foramen of the C6 vertebra (n=11). Typical ultrasonographic findings were irregular stenosis, dissecting membrane with true and false lumen, localized increase in diameter of the artery, pseudoaneurysm, intramural hematoma, and tapering stenosis with distal occlusion. In follow-up examination, a good regression of pathological findings was found in 17 dissections (70.8%). Two occlusions were completely recanalized. Conclusions Extracranial vertebral artery dissections can be diagnosed noninvasively with duplex color-flow imaging. It is therefore a useful method for early diagnosis and follow-up examination.
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