Intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy improves outcome in patients with acute vertebrobasilar occlusive disease.

In this retrospective analysis we report our treatment experience in 65 consecutive patients with clinical signs of severe brainstem ischemia with angiographically demonstrated thrombotic vertebrobasilar artery occlusions who received either local intra-arterial thrombolytic therapy (urokinase or st... View More