The effects and risks of endovascular thrombectomy 6 to 24 hours after stroke onset due to basilar-artery occlusion have not been extensively studied. In a trial conducted over a 5-year period in ...

We randomly assigned patients within 6 hours after the estimated time of onset of a stroke due to basilar-artery occlusion, in a 1:1 ratio, to receive endovascular therapy or standard medical care.

Outcomes in stroke patients with acute basilar artery occlusion who are given intra-arterial treatment have improved significantly in recent years, reflecting important advances over outcomes ...

“I wouldn’t participate in a randomized controlled trial of basilar artery occlusion. I don’t think that would be right.” The takeaway from this study is that “we’re justified in pursuing basilar ...

The benefit of endovascular therapy in the treatment of stroke caused by an occlusion of the basilar artery has finally been confirmed in the ATTENTION randomized trial. The study, conducted in ...

Schonewille (St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands), senior author of the BASICS trial, acknowledged that the two new trials do show thrombectomy to be efficacious in patients with basilar ...

Basilar artery infarct or occlusion results from the obliteration of blood supply to the posterior circulation or vertebrobasilar system of arteries to the brain. Approximately 20%-25% of all ...

A basilar artery stroke is a stroke affecting the back of the brain. It can occur when the basilar artery, which provides blood to the posterior areas of the brain, becomes blocked or ruptured.

Sicknick died from strokes, the chief medical examiner's office said in a report summary, citing "acute brainstem and cerebellar infarcts due to acute basilar artery thrombosis." In an interview ...

There's a basilar artery occlusion. We have to take this patient for surgery immediately.' " That procedure involves a thrombectomy where a surgeon removes the clot in the same way a plumber might ...