The benefit of endovascular therapy in the treatment of stroke caused by an occlusion of the basilar artery has finally been confirmed in the ATTENTION randomized trial. The study, conducted in China, ...

Two randomized trials showing benefits of endovascular thrombectomy in ischemic stroke caused by basilar artery occlusion have now been published. Results of the two Chinese trials — the first to show ...

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 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with acute basilar artery occlusion who were administered endovascular treatment within 24 hours of an ...

After years of studies that showed negative or mixed results for endovascular thrombectomy in a rare form of stroke, two new trials provide welcome evidence that outcomes with the procedure are better ...

Background A 40-year-old man presented to an emergency department with slurred speech, diplopia and agitation several hours after cocaine use. His level of consciousness rapidly dropped in the hours ...

Among the most feared and devastating strokes are ones caused by blockages in the brain's critical basilar artery system. They can cause head-to-toe paralysis called "locked-in syndrome. However, a ...

To the Editor: As interventional neuroradiologists from an institution that participated in the Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study (BASICS) reported by Langezaal and colleagues (May 20 ...

A 74 year-old woman with hypertension and diabetes developed a left hemiparesis and left gaze preference. Pontine Infarction: (Left) T2-weighted axial MRI; (Right) Flair axial MRI. Note the bright ...

A 68 year-old woman developed the abrupt onset of double vision and slurred speech. Shortly afterward, she became quadriplegic and lapsed into a coma. Pontine and Midbrain Infarction: Flair axial MRI ...