Swallowing-induced displacement of the carotid artery as a risk of stroke: Flip-flop phenomenon

Neurology. 2017 Oct 10;89(15):1643-1644. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004492. Epub 2017 Aug 30.

Authors

Naoto Kinoshita¹, Kozue Saito², Tomotaka Tanaka², Katsufumi Kajimoto², Hiroshi Yamagami², Yoshiaki Morita², Masafumi Ihara², Kazuyuki Nagatsuka²

Affiliations

¹ From the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan. [email protected].
² From the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan.

PMID: 28855401
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000004492

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Carotid Artery Diseases / complications*
Carotid Artery Diseases / diagnostic imaging
Computed Tomography Angiography
Deglutition*
Diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Humans
Male
Stroke / diagnostic imaging
Stroke / etiology*