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. This can ...

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

Persistent primitive proatlantal intersegmental artery (proatlantal artery I) is an anastomotic channel between the carotid and vertebrobasilar arterial systems. Persistence of this embryonic ...

Patients with a progressive stroke were less likely to have a good outcome (OR = 0.3 (0.08 to 1.2)) than patients with a maximum deficit at onset or fluctuating symptoms at presentation. Conclusions: ...

[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 ...

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 ...

Additionally, other imaging biomarkers including basilar artery plaque features on high-resolution MR vessel wall imaging and intracranial artery stenosis were evaluated simutaneously. END was defined ...

When Bickerstaff identified MBA, he hypothesized that a temporary narrowing or spasm of the basilar artery (actually two conjoined vertebral arteries ... And for those who have this type of attack ...