PMID: 3762935Oct 1, 1986Paper

Bilateral occlusion of vertebral artery: clinical patterns and long-term prognosis

Neurology
J BogousslavskyH J Barnett

Abstract

We studied 17 patients with atherosclerotic bilateral occlusion of vertebral arteries (VA) identified by angiography. Seven had vertebrobasilar TIAs, eight a brainstem stroke (severe in two), and two had only carotid symptoms. Brainstem strokes were more frequent with bilateral intracranial occlusion (60%) than with at least one extracranial occlusion (28.6%), but long-term prognosis did not differ in these two groups. In follow-up, the mortality rate was 4.5% per year, and the stroke rate was 1.8% per year. Major functional disability was seen in 16.7% of the survivors. Bilateral distal VA occlusion may sometimes have a better prognosis than previously assumed. These findings raise doubts about the value of extra-intracranial surgical bypass procedures in patients with these lesions.

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