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

Basilar Artery Stenosis: Cerebral angiogram of the left vertebral / basilar artery; (Left) AP view; (Right) Lateral view.Note the severe stenosis (>90%) of the mid-basilar artery. AICA = anterior ...

ATTENTION Trial . In the ATTENTION trial, 340 patients were enrolled up to 12 hours after the estimated time of basilar artery occlusion, with 226 assigned to the thrombectomy group and 114 to the ...

In post-mortem studies 16–19 it has been found that the right vertebral artery makes a negligible contribution to the basilar artery in 3.1 per cent, and the left in 1.8 per cent of cases.

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 ...

The posterior cerebral arteries branch off from the basilar artery. The left and right PCAs form the longest sections of the circle of Willis. The internal carotid arteries are located in the ...

Newer research suggests that it likely is not due to basilar artery spasms, but many people may still use the old term. While scientists have known about this type of migraine since 1961, ...

Basilar Artery Stenosis: Cerebral angiogram of the left vertebral / basilar artery; (Left) AP view; Baseline film; (Right) Post-angioplasty film.Note the severe proximal basilar artery stenosis which ...