Treatment of acute vertebrobasilar occlusion using thrombectomy with stent retrievers: initial experience with 18 patients

ME De Rueda, G Parrilla, J Zamarro… - American Journal …, 2013 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Acute vertebrobasilar occlusion is an ominous disease
with few proved effective treatments. Experience with stent retrievers is scarce and limited to …

Vertebrobasilar revascularization rates and outcomes in the MERCI and multi-MERCI trials

HL Lutsep, MM Rymer, GM Nesbit - Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular …, 2008 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: Mortality of 40% to 86% and good outcomes in only 13% to 21% of patients
beg for treatment options for basilar occlusion. This study determined outcomes of patients …

Combined use of mechanical thrombectomy with angioplasty and stenting for acute basilar occlusions with underlying severe intracranial vertebrobasilar stenosis …

F Gao, WT Lo, X Sun, DP Mo, N Ma… - American Journal of …, 2015 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Acute basilar occlusions have a poor prognosis without
recanalization. Many have underlying severe atherosclerotic intracranial stenosis coexisting …

Mechanical thrombectomy with stent retrievers in acute basilar artery occlusion

M Möhlenbruch, S Stampfl, L Behrens… - American Journal …, 2014 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Basilar artery occlusion remains one of the most
devastating subtypes of ischemic stroke. The prognosis is poor if early recanalization is not …

Stent retriever thrombectomy potentially increases the recanalization rate, improves clinical outcome, and decreases mortality in acute basilar occlusion: a systematic …

L Shu, M Salehi Ravesh, O Jansen… - Cerebrovascular …, 2019 - karger.com
Background: Acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is a devastating condition if untreated. The
optimal treatment strategy, however, is unknown. Historically, interventional approaches …

Effect of intracranial atherosclerotic disease on endovascular treatment for patients with acute vertebrobasilar occlusion

YW Kim, JM Hong, DG Park, JW Choi… - American Journal …, 2016 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Although intracranial atherosclerotic disease is often
encountered during endovascular treatment for acute vertebrobasilar occlusions, its clinical …

Technical feasibility and application of mechanical thrombectomy with the Solitaire FR revascularization device in acute basilar artery occlusion

P Mordasini, C Brekenfeld, JV Byrne… - American Journal …, 2013 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Acute BAO is a devastating neurological condition
associated with a poor clinical outcome and a high mortality rate. Recanalization has been …

Endovascular reconstruction of vertebral artery occlusion prior to basilar thrombectomy in a series of six patients presenting with acute symptomatic basilar thrombosis

RD Ecker, CA Tsujiura, CB Baker… - Journal of …, 2014 - jnis.bmj.com
Introduction and purpose Symptomatic acute basilar thrombosis is associated with a high
mortality rate. Aggressive endovascular management has led to survival rates of 35–50 …

Endovascular therapy for acute vertebrobasilar occlusion underlying atherosclerosis: A single institution experience

Y Fan, Y Li, T Zhang, X Li, J Yang, B Wang… - Clinical neurology and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objective To compare the safety and efficacy of endovascular therapy in acute ischemic
stroke (AIS) caused by large artery occlusion (LAO) in the posterior circulation with or …

Effect of baseline characteristics on the outcome of stent retriever–based thrombectomy in acute basilar artery occlusions: a single-center experience and pooled data …

WL Wen, ZF Li, YW Zhang, PF Yang, K Simfukwe… - World Neurosurgery, 2017 - Elsevier
Objectives To explore the association of baseline characteristics and the outcome of patients
with acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) after stent retriever–based thrombectomy (SRT) …