Basilar artery occlusion with benign outcome - Two case reports and a review on the role of collateral circulation and therapeutic time window

Brain and Nerve

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 84-88

  Ohno, Hideki ^a   Nakajima, Masashi ^a   Fukuya, Ryuta ^a   Fujioka, Shinsuke ^a   Iwamoto, Kohnosuke ^a   Kadoyama, Shigeru ^a   Tachizawa, Takayuki ^a   Sugiura, Kazuaki ^a  

^a TOKYO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basilar artery occlusion; Collateral circulation; Prognosis; Recanalization

Indexed keywords

ARTERY EMBOLISM; ARTERY OCCLUSION; ARTICLE; BASILAR ARTERY; BLOOD CLOT LYSIS; BRAIN BLOOD FLOW; BRAIN DYSFUNCTION; BRAIN INFARCTION; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; BRAIN STEM; CAROTID ARTERIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; COMA; HUMAN; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; PONS ANGLE; POSTERIOR COMMUNICATING ARTERY; PROGNOSIS; QUADRIPLEGIA;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ANTICOAGULANTS; COLLATERAL CIRCULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HEPARIN; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; VERTEBROBASILAR INSUFFICIENCY; WARFARIN;

EID: 38749083887     PISSN: 00068969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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