Treatment and outcomes of acute basilar artery occlusion in the Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study (BASICS): a prospective registry study

WJ Schonewille; CAC Wijman; P Michel; CM Rueckert; C Weimar; HP Mattle; ST Engelter; D Tanne; KW Muir; CA Molina; V Thijs; H Audebert; T Pfefferkorn; K Szabo; PJ Lindsberg; G de Freitas; L Jaap Kappelle; A Algra; AM Weber; GA Donnan; A Peeters; AB Conforto; M Miranda-Alves; A Massaro; P Ija¨s; T Bogoslovsky; J Benemann; K Kraywinkel; C Haverkamp; D Michalski; K Weissenborn; M Goertler; A Kloth; A Bitsch; T Mieck; J Machetanz; P Mo¨ller; R Huber; S Kaendler; R Mu¨ller; B Vatankhah; TE Mayer; C Disque; O Busse; C Berger; W Hacke; Y Schwammenthal; D Orion; M Bergui; E Pozzati; LJ Kappelle; GJ Luijckx; P Vroomen; MD Vergouwen; Y Roos; J Stam; P Bienfait; FE de Leeuw; P de Kort; D Dippel; J Pagola; M Ribo; A Gonzales; A Gil-Peralta; B Norrving; M Arnold; U Fischer; J Gralla; G Schroth; S Wetzel; P Lyrer; J Gandjour; N Michael; R Baumgartner; B Tettenborn; H Hungerbuehler; T Baird; A Finley Caulfield; M Lansberg; N Schwartz; C Venkatasubramanian; Z Garami; S Bogaard; F Yatzu; J Grotta

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Treatment and outcomes of acute basilar artery occlusion in the Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study (BASICS): a prospective registry study

WJ Schonewille, CAC Wijman, P Michel, CM Rueckert, C Weimar, HP Mattle, ST Engelter, D Tanne, KW Muir, CA Molina, V Thijs, H Audebert, T Pfefferkorn, K Szabo, PJ Lindsberg, G de Freitas, L Jaap Kappelle, A Algra, AM Weber, GA Donnan Show all

Lancet Neurology | ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC | Published : 2009

DOI: 10.1016/S1474-4422(09)70173-5

Abstract

Background: Treatment strategies for acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) are based on case series and data that have been extrapolated from stroke intervention trials in other cerebrovascular territories, and information on the efficacy of different treatments in unselected patients with BAO is scarce. We therefore assessed outcomes and differences in treatment response after BAO. Methods: The Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study (BASICS) is a prospective, observational registry of consecutive patients who presented with an acute symptomatic and radiologically confirmed BAO between November 1, 2002, and October 1, 2007. Stroke severity at time of treatment was dichotomised as seve..

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