Abstract
The natural history of vertebrobasilar artery dissection (VAD) is not fully known. The purpose of this study was to review the clinical outcome of the patients with VAD, then to propose an appropriate management strategy for VAD. From 1992 to 2004, 35 VAD patients admitted to our institutes were retrospectively reviewed. There were 28 men and 7 women, whose age ranged from 4 to 67 years with a mean age of 44 years. Angiography was assessed to document the shape, and location of the dissecting aneurysm with respect to the posterior inferior cerebellar artery (PICA). A modified Rankin score was assigned for functional outcome. The functional outcome scores were analyzed according to the patient's age, gender, hypertension history, the pattern of initial manifestation, angiographic shape of VAD, angiographic location of VAD, treatment modality. There was no statistically significant difference between the functional outcome with age, gender, trauma history and past medical history of hypertension. Of 35 patients, 22 presented with SAH, 11 with ischemic symptoms and 2 were incidentally detected. The patients without SAH had a better functional outcome than those with SAH (p = 0.029). There was statistical significance between Hunt-...Continue Reading
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