Impact of prodromal symptoms on the prognosis of patients with basilar artery occlusion treated with mechanical thrombectomy

CONCLUSION: More than one third of BAO patients treated with MT had prodromal symptoms, especially patients with large-artery atherosclerosis. Clinicians should systematically screen for prodromal symptoms given the poor related functional outcome and increased risk of early basilar artery reocclusion.PMID:38403919 | DOI:10.1177/23969873241234844

Source: Atherosclerosis - February 26, 2024 Category: Cardiology Authors: Thomas Accettone Thomas Personnic Martin Bretzner Helene Behal Charlotte Cordonnier Hilde Henon Laurent Puy Source Type: research