The arterial supply consists of the extracranial and intracranial vertebral arteries, which unite to form the basilar artery, which runs midline along the ventral surface of the brain stem ...

[9] Warfarin reduced the risk of the primary end point among patients with basilar artery stenosis ... and the correct pathology identified radiographically, endovascular or surgical correction ...

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.

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 ...

Thomas died nearly two weeks after suffering bleeding from his basilar artery, which led to a severe stroke. His wife Beckie Thomas told the International Gymnast Media: "Yesterday I lost my ...

This infarct is in the distribution of one perforating branch of the basilar artery. This lesion is usually caused by the occlusion of one paramedian basilar branch, due to lipohyalinosis, which ...

The benefit of endovascular therapy in the treatment of stroke caused by an occlusion of the basilar artery has finally been confirmed in the ATTENTION randomized trial. The study, conducted in ...

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 ...