basilar artery
Intraplaque dissection of the basilar artery
... resonance angiography revealed a narrowed and irregular basilar artery. Computed tomographic angiography demonstrated exten- sive calcific atherosclerotic changes with an intraluminal filling defect in the ...
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Morphologic characteristics of severe basilar artery atherosclerotic stenosis on 3D high-resolution MRI
... cerebellar artery; BA: Basilar artery; HRMRI: High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging; ICAS: Intracranial arterial atherosclerotic stenosis; ICC: Intraclass correlation coefficient; LA: Lumen ...
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Clinical Significance of Intraplaque Hemorrhage in Low and High Grade Basilar Artery Stenosis on High Resolution MRI
... 3D time-of-flight images were acquired in the axial plane (TR/ TE ⫽ 21/3.43 ms, FOV ⫽ 181 ⫻ 200 mm, thickness ⫽ 0.7 mm, matrix ⫽ 331 ⫻ 384). 3D TOF images were reformatted using multiplanar reconstruction. HR-MRI was ...
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Contrast Enhanced 3T High Resolution MR Imaging in Symptomatic Atherosclerotic Basilar Artery Stenosis
... The stenotic lesion locations were the proximal segment of the BA (n ⫽ 28 [50%]), the middle segment of the BA (n ⫽ 20 [36%]), FIG 2. Images from a 66-year-old man with recurrent TIA symptoms of diplopia and left limb ...
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CT Angiography Source Images Predict Final Infarct Extent in Patients with Basilar Artery Occlusion
... the basilar artery was achieved in 21 of 30 patients who had diag- nostic and/or therapeutic angiography completed within 24 hours from symptom ...the basilar artery within 24 hours from ...
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Greater periventricular white matter hyperintensity severity in basilar artery branch atheromatous disease
... that basilar artery BAD (BABAD) was the most com- mon etiology of PCS in our stroke registry [2]. BABAD typically causes small infarcts within the paramedian pons without significant VBA stenosis. ...
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Technical Feasibility and Application of Mechanical Thrombectomy with the Solitaire FR Revascularization Device in Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion
... proximal basilar artery in 2 (14.3%) patients, the mid-basilar artery in 1 ...lar artery in 10 (71.4%) patients, and the proximal to distal basilar artery segments in 1 ...
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Glossopharyngeal Neuralgia Due to Vertebrobasilar Dolichoectasia Coexisting with Fusiform Aneurysm of the Basilar Artery
... VBD is a radiological diagnosis. The mean diameter of the normal basilar artery is 3.17 mm at the level of the pons [7]. Widely accepted criteria for diagnosis of VBD are an arterial diameter of over 4.5 mm ...
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High resolution computed tomography of the basilar artery: 1 Normal size and position
... In 98% of normal individuals, the basilar artery courses in the midline or in a paramedian position, medial to the lateral margins of the clivus and dorsum sellae... "ektasis" = dilatati[r] ...
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Effect of Nimodipine on Histological Alterations in Basilar Artery Following the Bilateral Common Carotid Artery Ligation (Preliminary Study)
... the basilar artery, which appeared because of the ex- tension of periods after the ligation and continued until the second month, are indicated by Oldendorf and his collea- gues ...
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Relationship between clot location and outcome after basilar artery thrombolysis
... undergoing basilar artery ...of basilar artery thrombosis were treated with local intraarterial ...distal basilar clot was 71%, while survival in patients with proximal or midbasilar ...
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Bleeding Complications after Basilar Artery Fibrinolysis with Tissue Plasminogen Activator
... The greater recanalization achieved and the greater use of concomitant vertebrobasilar angio- plasty and stent placement in the tPA group relative to the urokinase group could also have had an in- fluence on the ...
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Brain Stem Diffusion Weighted Imaging Lesion Score: A Potential Marker of Outcome in Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion
... Fig 3. Pretreatment DWI (A–C) and ADC maps (E–G) of a comatose 45-year-old man with areactive tetraplegia. DWI shows extensive brain stem lesions (arrows, B and C; brain stem DWI lesion score, 10) and bilateral lesions ...
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The efficiency analysis of thrombolytic rt-PA combined with intravascular interventional therapy in patients with acute basilar artery occlusion
... Furthermore, the introspective analysis showed that the occurrence stage of thrombolysis was no closely correlation with the prognosis of the patients with basilar artery occlusion. Powers et al. have ...
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Basilar Artery Stent Angioplasty for Symptomatic Intracranial Athero Occlusive Disease: Complications and Late Midterm Clinical Outcomes
... underwent basilar artery stent placement for athero-occlusive disease at our institution (Table ...underwent basilar artery stenting for symptomatic athero- occlusive ...
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Evaluation of the Pontine Perforators of the Basilar Artery Using Digital Subtraction Angiography in High Resolution and 3D Rotation Technique
... the basilar artery resulting in brain stem infarctions has been described as a major complication of intracranial stent placement for basilar artery stenosis or after implantation of ...
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Morphometry of the pterional and pterional-orbitozygomatic approaches to the basilar artery bifurcation by the use of neuronavigation systems: a new technical concept
... Much attention has been paid in the neurosurgical literature to optimising the approaches to intracranial pathology. The aims of the innovations reported are to increase the safety of operations by reduction of brain ...
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An asymmetrical fenestration of the basilar artery coexisting with two aneurysms in a patient with subarachnoid haemorrhage: case report and review of the literature
... of basilar fenestration aneurysm may be difficult be- cause of the complex geometry of the fenestration, difficulty in obtaining adequate surgical exposure, and crowding of arteries in this ...study, ...
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High resolution computed tomography of the basilar artery: 2 Vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia: clinical pathologic correlation and review
... To better define the clinical significance of vertebrobasilar dolichoectasia, the clinical signs and symptoms and basilar artery parameters of diameter, height, and transverse position w[r] ...
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Glasgow Coma Scale Does Not Predict Outcome Post Intra Arterial Treatment for Basilar Artery Thrombosis
... A retrospective single-center review was conducted of 40 consecutive patients with angiographically confirmed complete basilar artery thrombosis and immediate IA intervention between 1993 and 2009. Our ...
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