I had a spontaneous left carotid artery dissection in 2004. No stroke or sequela after 6 months on Plavix. Spent the night at Barrow Neurological Institute with lots of tests and imaging. The doctors couldn’t explain it, altho there is some thought that a virus may have weakened the arterial wall. I had the strangest cold about 2 weeks prior to this incident, so this explanation rings true to me.
Glad you came through it ok!
My wife has had two SCADs.
It’s kind of funny to watch the cardiac residents freak out over them. Then they do all sorts of tests two days later and they can’t “see” anything.