To know and appreciate where we are now and where we are going in the future, it is
essential to know where we have been. We cannot afford to relive and repeat the history of …

Objective To evaluate the frequencies of symptoms and signs in patients with posterior
circulation ischemia in a large case series of prospectively collected patients. Design Case …

Posterior circulation strokes represent approximately 20% of all ischemic strokes (,). In
contrast to the anterior circulation, several differences in presenting symptoms, clinical …

Clinical information about posterior circulation ischemia has lagged behind that for anterior
circulation ischemia. 1-4 The causes of brain infarcts and ischemia has in the past been …

Background Posterior circulation and anterior circulation strokes share many clinical,
pathogenetic and radiological features, although some clinical signs are highly specific to …

Posterior circulation ischaemia is a clinicopathological condition with complex
symptomatology associated with an infarction within the vertebrobasilar arterial system …

One in five strokes affects the posterior circulation. Diagnosing posterior circulation stroke
can be challenging, as the vascular anatomy can be variable, and because presenting …

Abstract Among 407 New England Medical Center Posterior Circulation registry patients,
59% had strokes without transient ischemic attacks (TIAs), 24% had TIAs then strokes, and …

Posterior circulation strokes represent 20% of all acute ischemic strokes. Posterior
circulation stroke patients are misdiagnosed twice as often compared to those with anterior …

In a prospective study of 70 patients with infarcts in the posterior circulation admitted
consecutively to a population-based primary-care center, we assessed infarct location and …