Tenecteplase improved functional outcomes without added safety risk in selected basilar artery occlusion stroke treated up to 24 hours after onset in the TRACE-5 trial.

LOS ANGELES, CA—Patients with acute strokes caused by basilar-artery occlusions (BAOs) fare much better with the addition of modern endovascular thrombectomy than with medical therapy alone, a ...

A new trial suggests the optimal approach for basilar artery occlusion stroke may vary depending on whether the blockage ...

Mechanical extraction of embolic material offers a potential alternative to fibrinolysis, especially for patients in whom fibrinolysis is contraindicated or in whom it has failed. We and others have ...

A 45 year-old man developed the lightning onset of an explosive headache followed by coma. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - Basilar Artery Aneurysm. Axial CT scans without contrast. Note the bright signal ...

A 75 year-old woman presented with several attacks of slurred speech and unsteadiness. Basilar Artery Stenosis: Cerebral angiogram of the left vertebral / basilar artery; (Left) AP view; Baseline film ...

Chronic vertebral basilar artery occlusion is one of the most common causes of ischemic stroke, which accounts for roughly 20% of all cases. However, the evidence for the precise clinical effect in ...

WE have recently studied 2 patients with symptoms of cerebral ischemia in whom a reversal of blood flow through the left vertebral artery was demonstrated. In both cases the anatomic lesion producing ...

Josh Hader’s neck was bothering him – again. He’d been feeling the discomfort for a couple weeks and recently thought some light stretching could provide relief. “I went to stretch it,” the ...