Snake-Fang Sign on Carotid Ultrasonography: A Source of Free-Floating Thrombus and Embolic Stroke

Stroke. 2023 Jul;54(7):e296-e298. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.042108. Epub 2023 Jun 8.

Authors

Carla Vera-Cáceres¹, Juan Álvarez-Cienfuegos¹, Alan Murillo¹, Yolanda Silva¹, Joaquín Serena¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology, Stroke Unit, and Brain Hemodynamics, University Hospital of Girona Dr Josep Trueta, Girona, Spain.

PMID: 37288579
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.042108

No abstract available

Keywords: angiography; dyslipidemia; ischemic stroke; risk factors.

MeSH terms

Carotid Stenosis*
Embolic Stroke*
Humans
Stroke* / diagnostic imaging
Stroke* / drug therapy
Thrombosis* / diagnostic imaging
Thrombosis* / drug therapy
Ultrasonography, Carotid Arteries