Advances in diagnostic imaging technology have meant that more trauma patients are being diagnosed with blunt cerebrovascular injuries, and as a result, stroke and related death rates in these ...

Mark Harrigan, M.D., professor in the University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Neurosurgery, recently collaborated with the Seattle Science Foundation to deliver a comprehensive lecture on ...

LAS VEGAS — Aggressive screening, grading of injury and early initiation of antithrombotic therapy may reduce risk for stroke in patients with blunt cerebrovascular injury, according to a presenter at ...

Blunt cerebrovascular injury (BCVI) encompasses a range of non‐penetrating traumas to the carotid and vertebral arteries that can precipitate ischaemic stroke. Traditionally linked to high‐energy ...

A recent episode of Behind the Knife, a popular surgical education podcast, featured research findings from a study by several faculty members and residents from the UAB Department of Surgery, ...

Blunt cerebrovascular injury is a type of severe injury to main vessels that supply blood to the brain and it can lead to stroke. Over the past 30 years, stroke and related death rates have declined ...