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 ...

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - Basilar Artery Aneurysm. Axial CT scans without contrast. Note the bright signal predominantly located around the midbrain and inferior occipital lobes, which signifies blood ...

Figure 1. Anatomy of the vertebral artery. C2 represents the second cervical vertebrae, C6 is the sixth cervical vertebrae. V1, V2, V3 and V4 are the anatomic segments of the vertebral artery.

Two randomized trials, the Endovascular Treatment versus Standard Medical Treatment for Vertebrobasilar Artery Occlusion (BEST) trial and the Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study (BASICS ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 headache pain of a basilar migraine often starts on one side of the head and then gradually spreads and gets stronger. This type of migraine can last anywhere from 4 to 72 hours. And it takes ...

Subarachnoid Hemorrhage - Basilar Artery Aneurysm - Case 1. A 45 year-old man developed the lightning onset of an explosive headache followed by coma. Subarachnoid Hemorrhage ... Aneurysms are usually ...