Futile recanalization in patients with basilar artery occlusion: assessment of the underlying etiology and the role of perfusion imaging.
Sung Hyun BaikCheolkyu JungByung Moon KimDong Joon KimPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2024)
In patients with BAO, the likelihood of FR is associated with PMT hypoperfusion on pretreatment perfusion imaging. In particular, PMT hypoperfusion may be used as an imaging predictor of FR in patients with embolic cause of BAO.