Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion: Need for an Early Diagnosis in a Devastating Disease

To the Editor: We read the recent article by Nagel et al1 about intraarterial thrombolysis compared to a combined therapy with abciximab in basilar artery occlusion (BAO) with great interest. They showed a significant increase of recanalization, survival and functional outcome using a combined bridging therapy in their study. We have to bear in mind, …