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Endovascular Therapy for Stroke Due to Basilar Artery Occlusion
Stroke 52:3410-3413, Nguyen, T.N. & Strbian, D., 2021
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Article Abstract
Basilar artery occlusion stroke is known to have poor outcome with a high rate of morbidity and mortality despite best medical therapy. Since the original report of intra-arterial therapy for basilar artery occlusion in 1983, two recent randomized trials comparing endovascular therapy versus best medical management were completed on a large scale, BASICS (Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study) and the BEST trial (Basilar Artery Occlusion Endovascular Intervention Versus Standard Medical Treatment), both of which demonstrated equivocal benefit of the two modalities. In this commentary, we comment and highlight important lessons related to basilar occlusion stroke as learned from the BASICS and BEST randomized trials.
 
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