Endovascular Treatment Outcome and CT Angiography Findings in Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion with and without Underlying Intracranial Atherosclerotic Stenosis

To compare clinical characteristics and treatment outcomes of intraarterial thrombectomy (IAT) in acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) with and without underlying intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis (ICAS) and to investigate the usefulness of preprocedural CT angiography findings in the diagnosis of ICAS.

Source: Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology : JVIR - February 23, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Yen-Heng Lin, Kuo-Wei Chen, Sung-Chun Tang, Chung-Wei Lee Tags: Clinical Study Source Type: research