On June 6, Mayor Yemi Mobolade shared a post about a recent hospital stay for double pneumonia, and detailed that during his ...

As part of the lower half of the circle of Willis, the PCOM artery starts from the internal carotid artery (ICA) and joins the internal carotid and the posterior cerebral arteries (PCA). It is located ...

The basilar artery is located at the base of the brain, where the two vertebral arteries come together. It serves as the main blood supply to the back of the brain, where the occipital lobes, ...

There have been reports of strokes after the use of the subclavian artery in pulmonosystemic (Blalock) anastomosis, 14 as well as deaths due to basilar-artery insufficiency that followed the use ...

Introduction Acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) can result in extremely high disability and mortality. Stent retrievers (SRs) can achieve a high recanalization rate for BAO, therefore improving ...

Despite reports of high morbidity and mortality, the natural history can be quite variable, and clinical outcomes likely depend on a variety of patient factors, such as age, baseline health, severity ...

Coronary artery disease (CAD) is caused by plaque buildup in the wall of arteries that supply blood to the heart. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

A second randomized controlled trial in the space of 3 days has shown benefit of endovascular thrombectomy for the treatment of stroke caused by basilar artery occlusion. The Basilar Artery ...

Introduction Ischemic stroke due to basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is a catastrophic condition that is associated with high rates of disability and mortality (1). Whether endovascular treatment (EVT) ...

Introduction Basilar artery (BA) dolichosis refers to the elongation or curvature of the BA, with a BA curve length >29.5 mm or bending length (BL) >10 mm, and is one of the primary diagnostic ...