ArticleJournal of neurology2016
Endovascular mechanical thrombectomy in basilar artery occlusion: variables affecting recanalization and outcome.
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- Mechanical Thrombectomy for Posterior Circulation Occlusion: A Comparison of Outcomes with the Anterior Circulation Occlusion - A Meta-Analysis.Journal of atherosclerosis and thrombosis · 2020Pooled it
- Predicting clinical outcome in posterior circulation large-vessel occlusion patients with endovascular recanalisation: the GNC score.Stroke and vascular neurology · 2026Article
- Predictors of outcome and symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage in acute basilar artery occlusions: Analysis of the PC-SEARCH thrombectomy registry.European stroke journal · 2024Article
- Treatment Outcomes of Mechanical Thrombectomy in Patients with Acute Posterior Circulation Stroke.Asian journal of neurosurgery · 2022Article
- Thrombus Density in Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion Depends on Slice Thickness and the Method of Manual Thrombus Delineation.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Basilar artery on computed tomography angiography score and clinical outcomes in acute basilar artery occlusion.Journal of neurology · 2022Article
- Long-term outcome of endovascular therapy for acute basilar artery occlusion.Journal of cerebral blood flow and metabolism : official journal of the International Society of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism · 2021Observational
- Mechanical thrombectomy for basilar artery occlusion: efficacy, outcomes, and futile recanalization in comparison with the anterior circulation.Journal of neurointerventional surgery · 2019Observational
- Mechanical Thrombectomy in Basilar Artery Occlusion : Presence of Bilateral Posterior Communicating Arteries is a Predictor of Favorable Clinical Outcome.Clinical neuroradiology · 2019Article
- Predictors of Outcome After Endovascular Thrombectomy in Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion and the 6hr Time Window to Recanalization.Frontiers in neurology · 2019Article
- Patient selection for mechanical thrombectomy in posterior circulation emergent large-vessel occlusion.Interventional neuroradiology : journal of peritherapeutic neuroradiology, surgical procedures and related neurosciences · 2018Article
- Effectiveness and Safety of Mechanical Thrombectomy with Stent Retrievers in Basilar Artery Occlusion: Comparison with Anterior Circulation Occlusions.Journal of Korean Neurosurgical Society · 2017Article
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Abstract
Ischemic stroke due to basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is frequently associated with a poor prognosis. To date the most effective therapeutic approach has not been established and little is known about the predictors of clinical outcome. The aim of this study was to describe safety and efficacy of intra-arterial mechanical thrombectomy (IAMT) through latest generation devices in patients with BAO, focusing on those variables that may affect recanalization and clinical outcome. We analyzed retrospectively a series of 32 patients with BAO who underwent IAMT. We assessed the association of some clinical and neuroradiological features with recanalization rate and clinical outcome. Successful recanalization was achieved in 28 out of 32 patients (87.5 %). Symptomatic intracerebral hemorrhage (SICH) was observed in 2/32 patients (6.3 %) and mortality in the first 3 months was 25.0 %. At 3-month follow up evaluation, 13/32 patients (40.6 %) showed a good functional outcome (mRS score ≤2). There were no statistical differences in term of age, gender, risk factors, cause of stroke, recanalization rate, pre-treatment pc-ASPECTS score and SICH frequencies between patients with favorable and unfavorable outcome. Increased length of thrombi was associated with unfavorable clinical outcome at 3 months. Recanalization rate was not affected by any of the variables considered. In BAO, IAMT through newest generation devices has high recanalization rates and low complication frequencies. Length of BAO is an important predictor of clinical outcome.
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