Current Opinions on Optimal Management of Basilar Artery Occlusion: After the BEST of BASICS Survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The best management of basilar artery occlusion (BAO) remains uncertain. The BASICS (Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study) and the BEST (Basilar Artery Occlusion Endovascular Intervention Versus Standard Medical Treatment) trials reported neutral results. We sought to understand physicians' approaches to BAOs and whether further BAO randomized controlled trials were warranted.

Methods

We conducted an online international survey from January to March 2022 to stroke neurologists and neurointerventionalists. Survey questions were designed to examine clinical and imaging parameters under which clinicians would offer (or rescind) a patient with BAO to endovascular therapy (EVT) or best medical management versus enrollment into a randomized clinical trial.

SUBMITTER: Drumm B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12778823 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature