Methods This study analyzed data from 184 patients with acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) who underwent endovascular treatment (EVT) and completed a 90-day follow-up at Shanxi Provincial People’s ...

Hammell, then 54, was diagnosed with a basilar artery occlusion, which blocks blood and oxygen to the back part of the brain. That includes the areas that control breathing, balance, language and ...

In patients with basilar artery occlusion, treatment with endovascular thrombectomy shows clinical benefit for at least 1 year. The benefits of endovascular thrombectomy are sustained at 1 year for a ...

More information: Jeremy Josef Heit et al, Focused update to guidelines for endovascular therapy for emergent large vessel occlusion: basilar artery occlusion patients, Journal of ...

But there was. When an attending radiologist reviewed the scans some three hours later, that doctor observed a basilar artery occlusion. A thrombectomy was performed to remove the clot.

In basilar artery occlusion, endovascular thrombectomy within 12 hours of onset improved functional outcomes at 90 days versus best medical management alone. “Despite the overwhelming benefit of ...

It was an M1 occlusion, meaning a blockage in the first and largest branch of his middle cerebral artery. If Walterson had suffered his stroke just a few years earlier, or on the same day in ...

aDepartment of Medicine and Neurology, Royal Melbourne Hospital, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia bDepartment of Neurology and Radiology, Boston Medical Center, Boston University ...

Basilar artery occlusion is one of the most devastating neurological conditions with high risks of disability and mortality. Despite the overwhelming benefit of endovascular therapy (EVT) in the ...

Two recent trials demonstrated a benefit for endovascular therapy (EVT) in the treatment of basilar artery occlusion (BAO). In light of the expected increase in the use of EVT for BAO, we sought to ...

THURSDAY, Oct. 13, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- For patients with basilar-artery occlusion, a greater percentage with good functional status at 90 days is seen with endovascular thrombectomy within 12 ...