Among the most feared and devastating strokes are ones caused by blockages in the brain's critical basilar artery system. They can cause head-to-toe paralysis called "locked-in syndrome. However ...

The effects and risks of endovascular thrombectomy 6 to 24 hours after stroke onset due to basilar-artery occlusion have not been ... CTA source images, or MRI of a large infarct in the ...

Pontine and Midbrain Infarction: Flair axial MRI at the level of the pons (left) and midbrain (right). Note the ... (AICA), and the superior cerebellar artery (SCA). This scenario can result from ...

Thrombectomy using Trevo ProVue Stent Retriever Devices after Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator Thrombolysis for Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion during Vertebral Artery Dissection, Internal ...

The MRI may be used to create a magnetic resonance angiogram. This gives an image of the vertebral and basilar arteries, which can help to show an aneurysm or blockage. X-rays ...

Midbrain Infarction: ((Left) Flair axial MRI; (Right) Diffusion-weighted MRI.Note the bright signal on the diffusion-weighted image in the ventral midbrain and cerebral peduncle. Infarction in the ...

The addition of endovascular therapy to thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke with basilar artery occlusion improved functional outcomes in a new registry study. News & Perspective Drugs & Diseases ...

Sources. Tao C, Nogueira RG, Zhu Y, et al. Trial of endovascular treatment of acute basilar-artery occlusion. N Engl J Med. 2022;387:1361-1372.. Jovin TG, Li C, Wu L, et al. Trial of thrombectomy 6 to ...

A collaboration between stroke neurologists at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) and bioengineers at the University of Massachusetts has led to the creation of a realistic, 3D ...