Did you know that there is a less common type of stroke that affects young people caused by trauma to the arteries of the neck? It's called cervical artery dissection, and it happens when there's a tear in the carotid or vertebral artery of the neck, cutting off blood flow to the brain.
On this episode of House Calls, Dr. Shadi Yaghi, a neurologist and researcher at Brown University, shares what you need to know about strokes caused by artery trauma.
