Basilar Artery Stroke Symptoms Strokes occur when blood vessels to the brain are blocked or damaged. Nearly 90% of strokes are ischemic; of these, fewer than 5% occur in the 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 Ch ...

The BAOCHE trial randomized patients with basilar artery stroke who presented between 6 and 24 hours after symptom onset to receive either medical therapy plus thrombectomy or medical therapy only.

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 ...

Migraine with brainstem aura or MBA (formerly known as basilar migraines) are headaches that start in the lower part of the brain, called the brainstem.They cause symptoms such as dizziness ...

Vertebral Basilar Angiogram. (Left) lateral view; (Right) AP view. This study was performed by injecting contrast into the right vertebra artery, which is well opacified. There is also some retrograde ...

Arlene Hutchinson, from Stonehaven near Aberdeen, lost her beloved partner Mark just days after he suffered a rare basilar artery stroke completely out of the blue in August last year.The 52-year ...