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A knowledge of the normal anatomy and anatomic relationships of the carotid and vertebral arteries, as well as the biomechanics by which traumatic injury occurs to these vessels, is important both in the interpretation of diagnostic arteriograms and in the clinical assessment of the injured patient.
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Davis, J.M., Zimmerman, R.A. Injury of the carotid and vertebral arteries. Neuroradiology 25, 55–69 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00333294
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