PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Low, Andrew
AU  - Dovey, Julie
AU  - Ash-Miles, Janice
TI  - Vertebral artery dissection in weightlifter with performance enhancing drug use
AID  - 10.1136/bcr.09.2011.4768
DP  - 2011 Nov 09
TA  - BMJ Case Reports
PG  - bcr0920114768
VI  - 2011
4099  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.09.2011.4768.short
4100  - http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.09.2011.4768.full
AB  - This case report describes a transient ischaemic attack secondary to vertebral artery dissection (VAD) in a young male body builder. This occurred following weight training with weights across the back and shoulders. The patient was also known to take multiple performance enhancing agents including anabolic steroids, slimming agents, stimulants and human growth hormone. Cases of VAD have been described with cervical manipulation in the past and an association between the use of anabolic steroids and embolic strokes has been described. To the authors knowledge, this is the first case describing a link between VAD, weight training and anabolic steroids.