Arterial tortuosity in patients with spontaneous cervical artery dissection

• Published in: Neuroradiology Vol. 59; no. 6; pp. 571 - 575
• Main Authors: Giossi, Alessia, Mardighian, Dikran, Caria, Filomena, Poli, Loris, De Giuli, Valeria, Costa, Paolo, Morotti, Andrea, Gamba, Massimo, Gilberti, Nicola, Ritelli, Marco, Colombi, Marina, Sessa, Maria, Grassi, Mario, Padovani, Alessandro, Gasparotti, Roberto, Pezzini, Alessandro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 01.06.2017; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adult; Anatomy & physiology; Angiography; Arteries - abnormalities; Arteries - diagnostic imaging; Case-Control Studies; Clinical decision making; Decision making; Diagnostic Neuroradiology; Disease control; Dissection; Female; Health risks; Humans; Hypothesis testing; Identification methods; Imaging; Ischemia; Joint Instability - diagnostic imaging; Magnetic resonance; Magnetic Resonance Angiography; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Men; Middle Aged; Neurology; Neuroradiology; Neurosciences; Neurosurgery; Patients; Radiology; Regression analysis; Risk assessment; Risk Factors; Skin Diseases, Genetic - diagnostic imaging; Stroke; Tortuosity; Vascular Malformations - diagnostic imaging; Vein & artery diseases; Vertebrae; Vertebral Artery Dissection - diagnostic imaging; Arterial tortuosity; Arterial dissection

Purpose The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that patients with spontaneous cervical artery dissection (CeAD) have increased arterial tortuosity, and the objective quantification of such a tortuosity may aid in the identification of subjects at increased risk of disease. Methods In the s...