Acute vertebral-basilar thrombosis. Angiologic-clinical comparison and therapeutic implications.

  • 1 January 1986
    • journal article
    • research article
    • Vol. 369, 38-42
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.

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