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BACKGROOUND / PURPOSE • Despite recent breakthroughs in the treatment of ischemic stroke, patients with posterior circulation (PC) occlusion were excluded from randomized controlled trials. • The AHA/ASA guidelines state… Click to show full abstract
BACKGROOUND / PURPOSE • Despite recent breakthroughs in the treatment of ischemic stroke, patients with posterior circulation (PC) occlusion were excluded from randomized controlled trials. • The AHA/ASA guidelines state that there is uncertainty about the benefit of thrombectomy in basilar artery occlusion (BAO). • We investigated the outcome of acute phase mechanical thrombectomy (MT) involving PC.
Keywords:
thrombectomy;
ischemic stroke;
efficacy intracranial;
posterior circulation
Journal Title: Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Year Published: 2017
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Journal Title: Journal of the Neurological Sciences
Year Published: 2017
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