Stroke affects nearly 800,000 Americans each year. It is the fifth leading cause of death in the United States. A basilar artery stroke occurs when blood flow to the brain is interrupted.

Stroke is the third leading cause of death ... The right and left VAs join to form the basilar artery. Subsequently, the basilar artery ends by bifurcating into the right and left PCAs.

CLEAN trial of endovascular therapy within 6 h of onset of ischaemic stroke caused by intracranial internal carotid or ...

[9] Warfarin reduced the risk of the primary end point among patients with basilar artery stenosis, but there was no reduction in stroke in the basilar artery territory or benefit for vertebral ...

the benefit of this therapy for vertebrobasilar artery occlusion, one of the most devastating forms of stroke, has been more controversial,” said Nogueira, endowed professor of neurology and ...

The location of an aneurysm is also important. Aneurysms on blood vessels located in the back half of the brain (vertebral arteries, the basilar artery, and the posterior communicating artery) are at ...

More information: Jan K Ho et al, Endovascular therapy for ischaemic stroke due to vertebrobasilar artery occlusion, The Lancet (2024). DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02137-8 ...