Background Most reports on basilar artery (BA) occlusive disease have retrospectively
described single cases or small patient series. Objective To assess clinical and vascular …

Background Basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is associated with a high mortality rate, although
cases with spontaneous favorable outcomes have recently been reported, and basilar artery …

Background Vertebrobasilar disease is generally considered a condition with a poor
prognosis because of high rates of mortality and severe disability. Objective To compare the …

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

Basilar artery occlusions (BAOs) are a subset of posterior circulation strokes. Particular
issues relevant to BAOs include variable and stuttering symptoms at onset resulting in …

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 …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE This study was undertaken to examine the relationship
between collateral flow and outcome after local intraarterial thrombolytic treatment for basilar …

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 …

Background: Basilar artery occlusion usually causes severe disability or death. Until the
recent developments in local intra-arterial or systemic intravenous fibrinolysis, interest in …