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Future challenges of stroke treatment
- Neurological Clinic, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy
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Abstract
Posterior circulation stroke accounts for approximately 20% of all ischaemic strokes. Acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is one of the most severe conditions, it is associated with death or major disability in more than three quarters of the cases, and its optimal management remains unestablished. Currently, the treatment is based primarily upon consensus, the clinical practice varies widely, and the actual benefit of mechanical thrombectomy has to be fully estimated. Although the recent years have profoundly revolutionized and improved the stroke care, many questions still remain unanswered and will represent the challenges of the next future.
Abstract
Posterior circulation stroke accounts for approximately 20% of all ischaemic strokes. Acute basilar artery occlusion (BAO) is one of the most severe conditions, it is associated with death or major disability in more than three quarters of the cases, and its optimal management remains unestablished. Currently, the treatment is based primarily upon consensus, the clinical practice varies widely, and the actual benefit of mechanical thrombectomy has to be fully estimated. Although the recent years have profoundly revolutionized and improved the stroke care, many questions still remain unanswered and will represent the challenges of the next future.
Keywords
Stroke, Basilar artery occlusion, Thrombolysis, Thrombectomy
Title
Future challenges of stroke treatment
Journal
Neurologia i Neurochirurgia Polska
Issue
Pages
415-416
Published online
2018-02-21
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201
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346
DOI
10.1016/j.pjnns.2018.02.004
Bibliographic record
Neurol Neurochir Pol 2018;52(3):415-416.
Keywords
Stroke
Basilar artery occlusion
Thrombolysis
Thrombectomy
Authors
Simona Lattanzi
Mauro Silvestrini