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Postpartum Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion Secondary to Vertebral Artery Dissection. Case Report and Literature Review Cover

Postpartum Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion Secondary to Vertebral Artery Dissection. Case Report and Literature Review

Open Access
|Nov 2021

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Fig. 1

Digital subtraction angiography. A. Long, eccentric, irregular stenosis (string sign) at the distal V2 segment of the right vertebral artery; B. Basilar artery occlusion 8 mm from the origin; C. Complete recanalization of the basilar artery after thrombectomy

Fig. 2

A. Axial FLAIR weighted; B. Axial Diffusion-weighted MRI images showing bilateral, predominantly left-sided pontine infarction.

The primary stroke timelines in the patient’s case history

The main events in the patient’s stroke historyTime
the appearance of the first symptoms: cervical pain, headache, dizziness19:00
the patient was last seen without neurological deficit23:30
the patient was found unconscious with difficult respiration24:00
presentation to the emergency unit01:48
emergency laboratory workup01:55
cerebral CT scan01:56
cervico-cerebral angio CT scan02:24
groin picture03:47
recanalization04:50
the patient was transferred to the intensive care unit05:50
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jccm-2021-0015 | Journal eISSN: 2393-1817 | Journal ISSN: 2393-1809
Language: English
Page range: 294 - 301
Submitted on: Jan 17, 2021
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Accepted on: May 16, 2021
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Published on: Nov 6, 2021
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2021 Iulia-Adela Drăghici, Lucian Marginean, Rares-Cristian Filep, Zoltan Bajko, Laura Barcutean, Teodora Aldea, Rodica Balasa, published by University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science and Technology of Targu Mures
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