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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

Some patients with basilar artery occlusion strokes could benefit from endovascular therapy (EVT) after all, according to a closer look at the BEST and BASICS trials. Among the pooled target ...

Mechanical extraction of embolic material offers a potential alternative to fibrinolysis, especially for patients in whom fibrinolysis is contraindicated or in whom it has failed. We and others have ...

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 ...

A 56 year-old man with known mitral stenosis and atrial fibrillation presented with confusion, cortical blindness and impaired vertical gaze. Cardiac Embolus: Cerebral Angiogram, Left Vertebral ...