Thrombectomy using Trevo ProVue Stent Retriever Devices after Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Thrombolysis for Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion during Vertebral Artery Dissection, Internal ...

Sources. Tao C, Nogueira RG, Zhu Y, et al. Trial of endovascular treatment of acute basilar-artery occlusion. N Engl J Med. 2022;387:1361-1372.. Jovin TG, Li C, Wu L, et al. Trial of thrombectomy 6 to ...

Two randomized trials showing benefits of endovascular thrombectomy in ischemic stroke caused by basilar artery occlusion have now been published.. Results of the two Chinese trials — the first ...

Among the most feared and devastating strokes are ones caused by blockages in the brain's critical basilar artery system. They can cause head-to-toe paralysis called "locked-in syndrome. However ...

In post-mortem studies 16–19 it has been found that the right vertebral artery makes a negligible contribution to the basilar artery in 3.1 per cent, and the left in 1.8 per cent of cases.

Migraine with brainstem aura or MBA (formerly known as basilar migraines) are headaches that start in the lower part of the brain, called the brainstem.They cause symptoms such as dizziness ...

All patients had occlusion of the basilar artery confirmed on vascular imaging within 12 hours of stroke onset, and they had severe symptoms at presentation, with an NIHSS score of at least 10.

Note the large fusiform aneurysm of both the vertebral and distal basilar arteries. Although aneurysms typically come to clinical attention when they bleed, rarely they enlarge resulting in mass ...

LOS ANGELES, CA—Patients with acute strokes caused by basilar-artery occlusions (BAOs) fare much better with the addition of modern endovascular thrombectomy than with medical therapy alone, a ...

Note the area of infarction involving the entire pons and midbrain. This infarct is in the territory of the main basilar artery. The cerebellum is spared, presumably due to collateral flow from the ...