Effect of vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia on endovascular therapy in acute posterior circulation infarction.

ABSTRACT:

Background and purpose

This study aimed to analyze the feasibility and safety of endovascular therapy (EVT) in patients with acute posterior circulation stroke and vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia (VBD).

Materials and methods

BASILAR was a national prospective registry of consecutive patients with symptomatic and imaging-confirmed acute stroke in the posterior circulation within 24 h of symptom onset. We evaluated EVT feasibility and safety in patients with VBD. Primary outcomes included improvement in modified Rankin Scale scores (mRS) at 90 days and mortality within 90 days. The secondary outcome was the rate of favorable functional outcome, defined as mRS ≤ 3 (indicating independent ambulation) at 90 days. Safety outcomes included surgery-related complications and other ser

SUBMITTER: Zhou J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9523604 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature