Blunt Traumatic Extracranial Cerebrovascular Injury and Ischemic Stroke

摘要

BackgroundIschemic 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.