Assessment of Endovascular Treatment for Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion via a Nationwide Prospective Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Several randomized clinical trials have recently established the safety and efficacy of endovascular treatment (EVT) of acute ischemic stroke in the anterior circulation. However, it remains uncertain whether patients with acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) benefit from EVT.

Objective

To evaluate the association between EVT and clinical outcomes of patients with acute BAO.

Design, setting, and participants

This nonrandomized cohort study, the EVT for Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion Study (BASILAR) study, was a nationwide prospective registry of consecutive patients presenting with an acute, symptomatic, radiologically confirmed BAO to 47 comprehensive stroke centers across 15 provinces in China between January 2014 and May 2019. Patients with acute BAO wit

SUBMITTER: Writing Group for the BASILAR Group 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7042866 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature