BARCELONA, Spain — Thrombolysis with tenecteplase led to earlier reperfusion and improved functional outcomes at 90 days without any significant safety issues in selected patients with basilar artery ...

The effects and risks of endovascular thrombectomy 6 to 24 hours after stroke onset due to basilar-artery occlusion have not been extensively studied. In a trial conducted over a 5-year period in ...

The 20-year-old baker in the University of California hospital in San Francisco was dying of a tumor at the base of his brain. The swelling growth was pressing on the basilar artery, one of the ...

We randomly assigned patients within 6 hours after the estimated time of onset of a stroke due to basilar-artery occlusion, in a 1:1 ratio, to receive endovascular therapy or standard medical care.

Some patients with basilar artery occlusion strokes could benefit from endovascular therapy (EVT) after all, according to a closer look at the BEST and BASICS trials. Among the pooled target ...

After years of studies that showed negative or mixed results for endovascular thrombectomy in a rare form of stroke, two new trials provide welcome evidence that outcomes with the procedure are better ...

LOS ANGELES, CA—Patients with acute strokes caused by basilar-artery occlusions (BAOs) fare much better with the addition of modern endovascular thrombectomy than with medical therapy alone, a ...

Two randomized trials showing benefits of endovascular thrombectomy in ischemic stroke caused by basilar artery occlusion have now been published. Results of the two Chinese trials — the first to show ...

The vertebrobasilar arterial system is located at the back of your brain and includes the vertebral and basilar arteries. These arteries supply blood, oxygen, and nutrients to vital brain structures, ...

Vertebrobasilar circulatory disorders are conditions that cause reduced blood flow to the back of the brain. Symptoms of restricted blood flow to the back of the brain, also called vertebrobasilar ...

American gymnastic legend Kurt Thomas passed away June 5 at the age of 64. Thomas died nearly two weeks after suffering bleeding from his basilar artery, which led to a severe stroke. His wife Beckie ...