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 ...

She also experienced locked-in syndrome, ... “Oh, I’m having a basilar artery stroke and I have limited blood to the internal capsule,” which is the part of the brain that lets you move.

Four years ago, Michael, also known as Mikey, was diagnosed with a fusiform aneurysm of the basilar artery. According to his family, it has grown significantly since then.

After a chiropractic neck adjustment led to a stroke, the patient's attorney alleged that hospital physicians failed to act swiftly, resulting in locked-in syndrome.

Dr. Shaiba Ansari-Ali's four-year cough led to a torn artery in her neck. Ansari-Ali's paramedics and family thought she was unconscious during her stroke, but she was aware of everything. 85% of ...

Access to thrombectomy should be expanded to include patients who experience basilar artery occlusion (BAO), ... including death or locked-in syndrome, ...

With locked-in syndrome, he said "the patient is left with an inability to move their limbs or face or breathe on their own, but yet is still awake and can usually communicate with eye movements." ...

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 ...

Posterior Cerebral Artery (PCA) Infarction: Diffusion-weighted MRIs.Note the bright signal in the distribution of the right posterior cerebral artery. This syndrome is most often caused by a cardiac ...