{"pk":17987,"title":"Vertebrobasilar Artery Occlusion","subtitle":null,"abstract":"The presentation of vertebrobasilar artery occlusion varies with the cause of occlusion and location of ischemia. This often results in delay in diagnosis. Areas of the brain supplied by the posterior circulation are difficult to visualize and usually require angiography or magnetic resonance imaging. Intravenous thrombolysis and local-intra arterial thrombolysis are the most common treatment approaches used. Recanalization of the occluded vessel significantly improves morbidity and mortality. Here we present a review of the literature and a case of a patient with altered mental status caused by vertebrobasilar artery occlusion. [West J Emerg Med. 2011;12(2):233-239.]","language":"en","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial  4.0","short_name":"CC BY-NC 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"altered mental status"},{"word":"emergency department"},{"word":"Cerebral Vascular Accident"},{"word":"vertebrobasilar artery occlusion"},{"word":"vertebrobasilar artery thrombectomy"},{"word":"Emergency Medicine"}],"section":"Neurology","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2z2136cg","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Jessica","middle_name":"C","last_name":"Schoen","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Megan","middle_name":"M","last_name":"Boysen","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Irvine, CA","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Chase","middle_name":"R","last_name":"Warren","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, Irvine School of Medicine, Irvine, CA","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Bharath","middle_name":"","last_name":"Chakravarthy","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Irvine, CA","department":"None"},{"first_name":"Shahram","middle_name":"","last_name":"Lotfipour","name_suffix":"","institution":"University of California, Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Irvine, CA","department":"None"}],"date_submitted":"2010-07-30T07:00:00Z","date_accepted":"2010-07-30T07:00:00Z","date_published":"2011-03-23T07:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/westjem/article/17987/galley/9182/download/"}]}