Tag: basilar artery occlusion
Meta-analysis including recent basilar trials signals benefit of EVT in posterior...
A meta-analysis of recent basilar artery occlusion trials—including ATTENTION and BAOCHE—has further indicated the potential benefits held by endovascular therapy (EVT) in treating posterior-circulation...
BAOCHE trial results supporting thrombectomy for basilar artery stroke published in...
Results from the BAOCHE randomised controlled trial (RCT), which found that the addition of thrombectomy to standard medical care within 6–24 hours in basilar...
SNIS 2022: Late-breaking data bolster evidence supporting thrombectomy for BAO stroke
Late-breaking research presented at the recent Society of NeuroInterventional Surgery’s (SNIS) 19th annual meeting (25–29 July, Toronto, Canada) has shown that thrombectomy procedures can...
ATTENTION results indicate “we have finally conquered the basilar artery” with...
This year’s European Stroke Organisation Conference (ESOC 2022; 4–6 May, Lyon, France) saw results from ATTENTION—a multicentre randomised controlled trial (RCT) evaluating the benefit...
Benefits of EVT for basilar artery occlusion “cannot be excluded” following...
A randomised controlled trial (RCT) involving 300 patients found that functional outcomes among basilar artery occlusion stroke patients “did not differ significantly” with endovascular...
Thrombolysis versus thrombectomy: Honours even between basilar occlusion treatments in CX...
Thrombolysis is considered as effective as mechanical thrombectomy for the treatment of basilar artery occlusion (BAO)—despite existing evidence on both intervention options being limited....
Endovascular therapy fails to outperform best medical management in basilar artery...
Final results of the Basilar artery international cooperation study (BASICS) have been reported by Wouter J Schonewille (University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands)...
