background: vertebrobasilar arterial territory nourishes one-quarter of human brain. it constitutes some vital and strategic parts of the central nervous system. methods: a number of keywords (vertebral, basilar, artery, and territory) were searched in medline (ovid and pubmed) as well as google, proquest, scopus, cochrane library, and science direct online databases. only articles containing a...

Background: Clinical information about stroke in the vertebrobasilar territory has lagged behind that for anterior circulation syndrome. This is the first report from posterior circulation syndrome registry in Iran. Methods: Consecutive patients with brain infarction in vertebrobasilar territory admitted to Ghaem hospital, Mashhad were enrolled in a prospective study during 2006-2007. Diagnosis...

HomeStroke: Vascular and Interventional NeurologyVol. 3, No. 4Posterior circulation Open AccessResearch ArticlePDF/EPUBAboutView PDFView EPUBSections ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload citationsTrack citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InMendeleyReddit Jump toOpen ArticlePDF/EPUBPosterior Arpita Lakhotia LakhotiaArpita *Correspondence to: Lakhotia, Department of Neurology, University Louisv...

background: clinical information about stroke in the vertebrobasilar territory has lagged behind that for anterior circulation syndrome. this is the first report from posterior circulation syndrome registry in iran.   methods: consecutive patients with brain infarction in vertebrobasilar territory admitted to ghaem hospital, mashhad were enrolled in a prospective study during 2006-2007. diagnos...

There are important differences between posterior and anterior circulation stroke. The differences include the value of screening instruments, optimum diagnos‐ tic modalities, and clinical features (table). The face arm speech test (FAST), a widely used prehospital stroke recognition screening instrument, is less sensitive for detecting posterior circulation stroke than for anterior cir‐ culati...