Basilar artery occlusion is assumed to carry a grave prognosis, with mortality rates of up to
90%. Diagnosis is often delayed, or even missed, as a result of the variety of clinical …

Basilar artery (BA) occlusion is generally believed to have a high mortality. A favorable
outcome is rarely reported. A consecutive series of 20 survivors with angiographically …

Strokes attributable to basilar artery occlusion are for-tunately uncommon but have a high
risk of death or severe disability. Presentation is highly variable, and initial misdiagnosis by …

Context Acute basilar artery occlusion has particularly high mortality and morbidity.
Objective To determine the potential utility of advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) …

BACKGROUND: Basilar artery occlusion usually has a very poor outcome and is associated
with a high mortality rate. Local intra-arterial thrombolysis may improve the clinical outcome …

Background: Most data on the outcome of basilar artery occlusion are from recent case
series of patients treated with intra-arterial thrombolysis. The limited knowledge on the …

Background and Purpose—Acute basilar artery occlusion portends high risk of stroke and
death. Thrombolysis or endovascular therapy has been limited to patients who present …

Background and Purpose—Basilar artery occlusion has a high mortality rate (85% to 95%) if
untreated. We describe a large single-center cohort treated mostly with intravenous …

Purpose of review To provide the latest updates in the diagnosis, management, and
prognosis in patients with basilar artery occlusion (BAO). Recent findings The diagnosis of …

Basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is associated with high mortality (85–95%) if recanalization
does not occur. Evidence of the efficacy of different therapy protocols of intravenous …