Blunt Traumatic Extracranial Cerebrovascular Injury and Ischemic Stroke
Background: Ischemic stroke occurs in a significant subset of patients with blunt traumatic cerebrovascular injury (TCVI).The patients are victims of motor vehicle crashes, assaults or other high-energy collisions, and suffer ischemic stroke due to injury to the extracranial carotid or vertebral arteries.Summary: An increasing number of patients wi