If a person survives a basilar artery stroke, these functions could be impaired or lost. Experts agree that rehabilitation plays a major part in stroke recovery, and should begin as soon as ...

[9] Warfarin reduced the risk of the primary end point among patients with basilar artery stenosis, but there was no reduction in stroke in the basilar artery territory or benefit for vertebral ...

Stroke is the third leading cause of death ... The right and left VAs join to form the basilar artery. Subsequently, the basilar artery ends by bifurcating into the right and left PCAs.

Migraine with brainstem aura or MBA (formerly known as basilar migraines ... also happen with life-threatening conditions such as stroke. So if you have any symptoms included in the last nine ...

More information: Jan K Ho et al, Endovascular therapy for ischaemic stroke due to vertebrobasilar artery occlusion, The Lancet (2024). DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(24)02137-8 ...

Removing a blood clot from a large brain artery, then injecting the clot-dissolving drug tenecteplase into the artery ...

Chinese clinical scientist Wang Yongjun delivers a keynote speech at the 2025 International Stroke Conference (ISC) held in ...

Patients in the endovascular therapy group achieved greater functional outcomes at 90 days. 2. Endovascular therapy resulted in significantly decreased disability and overall mortality. Evidence ...

The location of an aneurysm is also important. Aneurysms on blood vessels located in the back half of the brain (vertebral arteries, the basilar artery, and the posterior communicating artery) are at ...

Carotid Endarterectomy: A surgical procedure that removes plaque from the carotid arteries to prevent stroke. Stenosis: The abnormal narrowing of a blood vessel. Basilar Artery Perforator ...

Several clinical trials are still ongoing, including thrombolysis with Tenecteplase for minor ischemic strokes, basilar artery occlusion, and thrombolysis for ischemic stroke at very late time ...