Treatment of Cervical Artery Dissection: Antithrombotics, Thrombolysis, and Endovascular Therapy

Table 1

The summary of treatment of CAD.

Therapies	Indications	Advantages	Disadvantages
Antithrombotics	Conventional therapy in the acute and chronic phase	Oral application and good compliance	Void for part of patients
Thrombolysis	For patients within 4.5 h of onset	Reopen an occluded artery quickly	Maybe leading to intramural bleeding
Endovascular; therapy	For patients who have definite recurrent cerebral ischemic events despite medical therapy	Higher rates of revascularization	Potential risks, including peripheral thromboembolism, arterial spasm, and stent thrombosis

Note. CAD: cervical artery dissection.