The vertebrobasilar arterial system is located at the back of your brain and includes the vertebral and basilar arteries. These arteries supply blood, oxygen, and nutrients to vital brain structures, ...

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, ...

The basilar artery is part of the blood supply system for the brain and central nervous system. It is formed where the two vertebral arteries join at the base of the skull. The basilar artery carries ...

A 46 year-old man presented with attacks of slurred speech, vertigo and double vision. Basilar Artery Stenosis: Cerebral angiogram of the left vertebral / basilar artery; (Left) AP view; (Right) ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Thrombolysis with tenecteplase led to earlier reperfusion and improved functional outcomes at 90 days without any significant safety issues in selected patients with basilar artery ...

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 ...

Acute basilar artery occlusion represents one of the most devastating forms of ischaemic stroke, carrying high rates of mortality and severe disability without prompt intervention. Endovascular ...

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 ...

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 ...

Case reports of favorable outcomes with endovascular therapy in patients with stroke caused by basilar-artery occlusion have impeded recruitment in randomized, controlled trials. In a meta-analysis ...