Vertebral Artery Dissection
"Vertebral Artery Dissection" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Splitting of the vessel wall in the VERTEBRAL ARTERY. Interstitial hemorrhage into the media of the vessel wall can lead to occlusion of the vertebral artery, aneurysm formation, or THROMBOEMBOLISM. Vertebral artery dissection is often associated with TRAUMA and injuries to the head-neck region but can occur spontaneously.
| Descriptor ID |
D020217
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C10.228.140.300.350.875 C10.228.140.300.950 C10.900.250.650 C14.907.055.050.575 C14.907.253.535.800 C14.907.253.953 C26.915.200.600
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| Concept/Terms |
Vertebral Artery Dissection- Vertebral Artery Dissection
- Artery Dissection, Vertebral
- Artery Dissections, Vertebral
- Dissection, Vertebral Artery
- Dissections, Vertebral Artery
- Vertebral Artery Dissections
- Dissecting Vertebral Artery Aneurysm
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