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Melanie Walker1, Michael R Levitt2, Basavaraj V Ghodke3
1Department of Neurological Surgery and Stroke and Applied Neuroscience Center University of Washington School of Medicine Seattle WA USA.
Clinical Case Reports
|July 23, 2020
Abstract:
Anatomic variability in the posterior circulation and small, fragile, or otherwise treacherous origins of vertebral arteries can create a challenge to acute endovascular intervention. We report a case of unsuccessful reperfusion due to inability to access the posterior circulation in a patient with acute basilar artery occlusion.

