Artery occlusion independently predicts unfavorable outcome in cervical artery dissection

Christopher Traenka¹, Caspar Grond-Ginsbach², Barbara Goeggel Simonetti²+28

• ¹From the Department of Neurology and Stroke Center (C.T., G.M.D.M., A. Polymeris, H.G., L.H.B., S.T.E., P.L.), University Hospital Basel and University of Basel; Neurorehabilitation Unit (C.T., H.G., S.T.E.), University of Basel and University Center for Medicine of Aging and Rehabilitation, Felix Platter Hospital, Basel, Switzerland; Departments of Neurology (C.G.-G., M.K.) and Vascular and Endovascular Surgery (C.G.-G.), Heidelberg University Hospital, Germany; Department of Neurology (B.G.S., U.F., H.S., M.A.), University Hospital Bern; Ospedale San Giovanni (B.G.S.), Bellinzona, Switzerland; Department of Neurology (T.M.M., T.T.), Helsinki University Central Hospital, Finland; Department of Neurology (S.D.), Bordeaux University Hospital; Inserm U1219 (S.D.), Bordeaux; University of Bordeaux (S.D.), France; Department of Neurology (S.D.), Boston University School of Medicine, MA; Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences (A.Pezzini.), Neurology Clinic, University of Brescia, Italy; Department of Neurology (J.J.M.), University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Departments of Neurology and Public Health Sciences (A.M.S., B.B.W.), University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville; Univ-Lille (D.L.), Inserm U1171, CHU Lille, France; Neuro Center (R.B.), Clinic Hirslanden, Zurich, Switzerland; Stroke Unit and Division of Internal and Cardiovascular Medicine (V.C.), University of Perugia, Italy; Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon Bourgogne (Y.B.), EA7460, Pathophysiology and Epidemiology of Cardio-Cerebro-Vascular Diseases, University of Burgundy, Dijon, France; Department of Neurology (H.S.), University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland; Stroke Theme (V.T.), Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, University of Melbourne, Heidelberg; Department of Neurology (V.T.), Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia; Cerebrovascular Unit Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Neurologico Carlo Besta (A.B.), Milan, Italy; Swiss National Accident Insurance Institution (T.B.), Lucerne, Switzerland; Normandie Université (E.T.), Université Caen Normandie, Inserm U1037, Department of Neurology, CHU Caen Normandie; Department of Neurology (E.T.), CH Sainte-Anne, University Paris Descartes, France; Department of Neurology (J.J.M.), Sanatorio Allende, Cordoba, Argentina; Department of Neurology (H.C.), Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France; Department of Neurology (T.T.), Sahlgrenska University Hospital; and Department of Clinical Neuroscience Institute for Neuroscience and Physiology (T.T.), Sahlgrenska Academy at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. christopher.traenka@usb.ch.+1