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 ...

Bengaluru: A 39-year-old man with no known comorbidities or prior symptoms recently experienced sudden weakness in his hands ...

Patients with acute basilar artery occlusion who were administered endovascular treatment within 24 hours of an estimated occlusion time had better functional outcomes and reduced mortality, according ...

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, ...

Medically reviewed by Huma Sheikh, MD Key Takeaways A pontine stroke happens when blood flow to the pons in the brainstem is ...

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 ...