Stroke is a leading cause of disability worldwide, with acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) causing approximately 80% severe disability or death despite accouting just for 1% of all strokes. The ...

Basilar artery fenestration is an uncommon congenital dysplasia and may be associated with ischaemic stroke. We present a case of a previously healthy 36-year-old man who presented with vertigo and ...

Background: Basilar artery occlusion usually causes severe disability or death. Until the recent developments in local intra-arterial or systemic intravenous fibrinolysis, interest in early diagnosis ...

Introduction: Vertebrobasilar artery dissection (VBD) results from blood entering a tear in the intima of ... between November 2014 and September 2023 were retrospectively screened from the Jikei ...

Background Real-world data can be helpful in evaluating endovascular therapy (EVT) in ischemic stroke care. We conducted a pilot study to aggregate data on basilar artery occlusion (BAO) EVT from ...

suggesting that abnormal hemodynamics and arterial dissection may contribute to stroke risk in these patients[3]. Additionally, research has shown that the curvature of the basilar artery can ...

They recorded the extent of ischemic changes using the posterior Circulation-Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score (pc-ASPECTS)12 and defined the site of BAO. The occlusion site was classified based ...

[9] Warfarin reduced the risk of the primary end point among patients with basilar artery stenosis, but there was no reduction in stroke in the basilar artery territory or benefit for vertebral ...

Carotid Endarterectomy: A surgical procedure that removes plaque from the carotid arteries to prevent stroke. Stenosis: The abnormal narrowing of a blood vessel. Basilar Artery Perforator ...

In patients with acute ischemic stroke due to acute intracranial occlusions of the posterior circulation, the use of ...

There isn't a specific headache location that means stroke. The location of the headache depends on the part of the brain affected. For example: Strokes that start in the carotid artery (a major ...

About 795,000 Americans will have a stroke this year, but new research suggests that a common, healthy habit may reduce the risk of certain types of stroke. “We aimed to determine which oral ...