The safety and effectiveness of endovascular treatment for patients with vertebrobasilar artery occlusions: according to the BEST and BASICS criteria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Whether endovascular treatment (EVT) is safe and effective for vertebrobasilar artery occlusion (VBAO) is yet incompletely understood. Two RCTs, the endovascular treatment versus standard medical treatment for vertebrobasilar artery occlusion (BEST) trail and the Basilar Artery International Cooperation Study (BASICS), concentrating on this field were recently reported.

Objective

We use real-world registry data of VBAO to compare the outcome of EVT inside and outside the inclusion and exclusion criteria of the BEST and BASICS study to testify the feasibility of the selection paradigms of VBAO in these trials.

Methods

Consecutive patients with VBAO receiving EVT involving 21 stroke centers were retrospectively included. The safety outcomes [3-month mo

SUBMITTER: Sun W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9379562 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature