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 ...

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 ...

New data fail to support an advantage of endovascular therapy (EVT) over standard medical therapy among patients with basilar-artery-occlusion stroke. In the trial, the likelihood of a favorable ...

“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 ...

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 ...