Artery occlusion independently predicts unfavorable outcome in cervical artery dissection.
Christopher TraenkaCaspar Grond-GinsbachBarbara Goeggel SimonettiTiina M MetsoStéphanie DebetteAlessandro PezziniManja KlossJennifer J MajersikAndrew Mebane SoutherlandDidier LeysRalf BaumgartnerValeria CasoYannick BéjotGian Marco De MarchisUrs FischerAlexandros PolymerisHakan SarikayaVincent N ThijsBradford B WorrallBradford B WorrallTobias BrandtHenrik GensickeLeo H BonatiEmmanuel TouzeéJuan J MartinHugues ChabriatTurgut TatlisumakMarcel ArnoldStefan T EngelterPhilippe Lyrernull nullPublished in: Neurology (2019)
DAO independently predicts less favorable functional outcome in patients with CeAD. Further research on vessel patency, collateral status and effects of revascularization therapies particularly in patients with DAO is warranted.