Preoperative visualization of the marginal tentorial artery as an unusual collateral pathway in a patient with symptomatic bilateral vertebral artery occlusion undergoing arterial bypass surgery: A 7.0-T magnetic resonance imaging study

Background: Extracranial–intracranial arterial bypass surgery is rarely performed for recurrent or progressing stroke due to vertebrobasilar artery steno-occlusive disease. Non-enhanced 7.0-T magnetic resonance (MR) imaging reveals cerebral arteries more clearly than 3.0-T or less MR imaging.