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The vertebral artery is a major artery of the neck that passes through the cervical vertebrae. There are two vertebral arteries, one on each side, and each branches off from the subclavian artery. They merge to form the single basilar artery at the base of the brain.
Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) has been associated with a 10% mortality rate in the acute phase. Death is the result of extensive intracranial dissection, brainstem infarction, or subarachnoid hemorrhage. Those who survive the initial crisis do remarkably well, with long-term sequelae rare.