Basilar artery occlusion

HP Mattle, M Arnold, PJ Lindsberg… - The Lancet …, 2011 - thelancet.com
The clinical presentation of basilar artery occlusion (BAO) ranges from mild transient
symptoms to devastating strokes with high fatality and morbidity. Often, non-specific …

Therapy of basilar artery occlusion: a systematic analysis comparing intra-arterial and intravenous thrombolysis

PJ Lindsberg, HP Mattle - Stroke, 2006 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is an infrequent form of acute
stroke, which invariably leads to death or long-term disability if not recanalized. A traditional …

Mechanical recanalization in basilar artery occlusion: the ENDOSTROKE study

OC Singer, J Berkefeld, CH Nolte, G Bohner… - Annals of …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Objective A study was undertaken to evaluate clinical and procedural factors associated with
outcome and recanalization in endovascular stroke treatment (EVT) of basilar artery (BA) …

Mechanical thrombectomy for basilar artery occlusion: efficacy, outcomes, and futile recanalization in comparison with the anterior circulation

TR Meinel, J Kaesmacher… - Journal of …, 2019 - jnis.bmj.com
Background Performing mechanical thrombectomy (MT) in patients with basilar artery
occlusion (BAO) is currently not evidence-based. Objective To compare patients' outcome …

Systematic review of methods for assessing leptomeningeal collateral flow

F McVerry, DS Liebeskind… - American journal of …, 2012 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The importance of LMF in the outcome after acute
ischemic stroke is increasingly recognized, but imaging presents a wide range of options for …

Is functional outcome different in posterior and anterior circulation stroke?

P Sommer, A Posekany, W Serles, M Marko, S Scharer… - Stroke, 2018 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Posterior circulation stroke (PCS) account for 20% of all
ischemic strokes. There is limited evidence whether functional outcome of PCS is …

Collateral flow predicts outcome after basilar artery occlusion: the posterior circulation collateral score

EJRJ van der Hoeven, F McVerry… - … Journal of Stroke, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Background and Aim Our aim was to assess the prognostic value of a semiquantitative
computed tomography angiography-based grading system, for the prediction of outcome in …

Clinical and radiological predictors of recanalisation and outcome of 40 patients with acute basilar artery occlusion treated with intra-arterial thrombolysis

M Arnold, K Nedeltchev, G Schroth… - Journal of Neurology …, 2004 - jnnp.bmj.com
Objective: To define predictors of recanalisation and clinical outcome of patients with acute
basilar artery occlusions treated with local intra-arterial thrombolysis (IAT). Methods …

Time window for recanalization in basilar artery occlusion: speculative synthesis

PJ Lindsberg, J Pekkola, D Strbian, T Sairanen… - Neurology, 2015 - AAN Enterprises
Basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is one of the most devastating forms of stroke and few
patients have good outcomes without recanalization. Most centers apply recanalization …

Regional angiographic grading system for collateral flow: correlation with cerebral infarction in patients with middle cerebral artery occlusion

JJ Kim, NJ Fischbein, Y Lu, D Pham, WP Dillon - Stroke, 2004 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—Collateral flow plays an important role in maintaining tissue
viability in proximal large vessel occlusion. We developed and tested a regional …