Is It Time to Revisit Perfusion Imaging for Basilar Occlusion?

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Editorial

Jared B Cooper et al. Stroke. 2021 Jun.

. 2021 Jun;52(6):2024-2025.

doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.034638. Epub 2021 May 5.

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, New York Medical College at Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla.

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; incidence; ischemic stroke; perfusion imaging; thrombectomy.

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Computed Tomography Perfusion Deficit Volumes Predict Functional Outcome in Patients With Basilar Artery Occlusion.
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