Timing and mechanism of ischemic stroke due to extracranial blunt traumatic cerebrovascular injury.

Conclusions Most ischemic strokes due to TCVI are embolic in nature and occur prior to screening CTA and initiation of treatment with aspirin.
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Source: Journal of Neurosurgery - December 7, 2012 Category: Neurosurgery Authors: Griessenauer CJ, Fleming JB, Richards BF, Cava LP, Curé JK, Younan DS, Zhao L, Alexandrov AV, Barlinn K, Taylor T, Harrigan MR Tags: J Neurosurg Source Type: research