Mechanical extraction of embolic material offers a potential alternative to fibrinolysis, especially for patients in whom fibrinolysis is contraindicated or in whom it has failed. We and others have ...

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Basilar apex aneurysms represent a formidable neurosurgical challenge, as they occur at the bifurcation of the basilar artery—a region in close proximity to essential brainstem structures. Their ...

CEREBROVASCULAR disease ranked third, after heart disease and cancer, as a cause of death in the United States in 1959. Almost 37,000 of these deaths occurred in persons between thirty-eight and sixty ...

BARCELONA, Spain — In stroke due to basilar artery occlusion, the best technique to use for thrombectomy appears to depend on the underlying etiology of the clot, a new trial suggested. The Chinese ...

After years of studies that showed negative or mixed results for endovascular thrombectomy in a rare form of stroke, two new trials provide welcome evidence that outcomes with the procedure are better ...

New data from subgroup analyses of trials evaluating endovascular treatment in patients with stroke due to occlusions of distal or medium arteries has given some hope that there may be a population ...

A 48 year-old woman developed headaches followed by spells of intermittent double vision and facial numbness. Basilar Artery Aneurysm. Cerebral angiogram; Left vertebral artery injection. (Left) ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . "Distal radial artery access is a safe strategy for access for cardiac catheterization with a low complication ...