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Rapidly Recurrent Basilar Artery Thrombosis Treated With Emergent Mechanical Thrombectomies And Stenting, Mark Cohen, Amna Imran, Ankur Garg Nov 2019

Rapidly Recurrent Basilar Artery Thrombosis Treated With Emergent Mechanical Thrombectomies And Stenting, Mark Cohen, Amna Imran, Ankur Garg

Neurology

Acute basilar artery thrombosis (BAT) is a life-threatening condition that can be treated by emergent mechanical thrombectomy (EMT). Recurrent acute BAT is a rare phenomenon. Here we describe a case of rapid recurrent acute BAT that was treated each time by EMT and finally by emergent basilar artery stenting with good outcome