One-year follow-up in patients with brainstem infarction due to large-artery atherothrombosis

• Published in: Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment Vol. 11; no. default; pp. 379 - 384
• Main Authors: Asil, Talip, Kolukisa, Mehmet, Ozdemir, Tugce, Baran, Gozde, Aralasmak, Ayse, Kocaman, Gulsen, Azize Esra, Gursoy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New Zealand Dove Medical Press Limited 01.01.2015; Taylor & Francis Ltd; Dove Press; Dove Medical Press
• Subjects: Analysis; Atherosclerosis; basilar artery; Blood pressure; Brain; Cardiovascular disease; Care and treatment; Complications and side effects; Embolisms; Emergency medical care; Etiology; extracranial arteries; Family medical history; Health aspects; Heart; intracranial arteries; Localization; Medical imaging; Medical prognosis; Mortality; Neurology; NMR; Nuclear magnetic resonance; Original Research; Patients; posterior circulation; Risk factors; Stroke; Stroke (Disease); Stroke patients; Studies; vertebral artery; Vertebrobasilar insufficiency; basilar artery; extracranial arteries; vertebral artery; intracranial arteries; posterior circulation; stroke

Posterior circulation infarction accounts for approximately 25% of the ischemic strokes. A number of different conditions may be associated with the development of brainstem infarction. Prognosis and recurrence rate of brainstem infarction due to large-artery atherothrombosis is still controversial....