PATHOLOGY OF VERTEBRAL ARTERIES AND ITS CORRECTION
Abstract
Based on the observation data of patients with signs and symptoms of ischemia in the vertebrobasilar basin (VBB), the causes of insufficiency in this area were determined. The main mechanism is embolism, which accounts for about 40% of cases, while the source of embolism is the heart (usually parietal thrombi), aorta (atheroma) or blood clots and plaque elements of the main vessel (subclavian or vertebral artery). In this article, the main attention will be paid to interventional interventions in patients with proximal PA lesion in the extracranial segment. Treatment of pathology of intracranial segments of arteries belongs to the field of neurovascular surgery. This publication focuses on the main types of pathology of the vertebral artery, leading to the formation of vertebrobasilar insufficiency, as well as methods of their diagnosis, indications for treatment, methods of technical restoration of patency of vertebral arteries.
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