title: Acute vertebral-basilar thrombosis. Angiologic-clinical comparison and therapeutic implications.
abstract: The clinical-angiologic data and the clinical outcome in 66 patients with acute vertebro-basilar thrombosis treated with antiplatelet agents, anticoagulants, or fibrinolytic agents are presented. Forty-three patients were treated with local intraarterial infusion of streptokinase or urokinase proximal to the thrombotic occlusion; 14 patients in this group (33%) survived, only one of whom was in deep coma when therapy was started. Twenty-three patients did not receive fibrinolytic therapy; 4 of these patients (17%) who exhibited mild brainstem-related symptoms survived. This study implies that early diagnosis and treatment in vertebrobasilar stroke in progression may achieve improved survival.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, University Hospital, Aachen, West Germany.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brückmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ferbert
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: del Zoppo
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hacke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zeumer
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000792:Angiography; D001488:Basilar Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013927:Thrombosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy; D014711:Vertebral Artery / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014715:Vertebrobasilar Insufficiency / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology