Fast and slow progressors of infarct growth in basilar artery occlusion strokes.

Shashvat M DesaiDaniel A TonettiTudor G JovinAshutosh P Jadhav

Published in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2021)

Approximately 14% of BAO strokes are slow progressors and 19% are fast/ultra-fast progressors, with the rate of loss of neurons ranging from <19 000 to >2.1 million/min. Large heterogeneity exists in brainstem infarct volume at presentation and IGR among patients with BAO stroke.

Keyphrases

acute myocardial infarction
atrial fibrillation
spinal cord
case report
heart failure
blood brain barrier
cerebral ischemia
subarachnoid hemorrhage