Basilar apex aneurysms represent a formidable neurosurgical challenge, as they occur at the bifurcation of the basilar artery—a region in close proximity to essential brainstem structures. Their ...
The effects and risks of endovascular thrombectomy 6 to 24 hours after stroke onset due to basilar-artery occlusion have not been extensively studied. In a trial conducted over a 5-year period in ...
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 ...
CEREBROVASCULAR disease ranked third, after heart disease and cancer, as a cause of death in the United States in 1959. Almost 37,000 of these deaths occurred in persons between thirty-eight and sixty ...
American gymnastic legend Kurt Thomas passed away June 5 at the age of 64. Thomas died nearly two weeks after suffering bleeding from his basilar artery, which led to a severe stroke. His wife Beckie ...