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Most experience with thrombolysis involves patients with cerebral hemisphere ischemia related to thromboembolic disease within the anterior (carotid arterial) territory (see Chapters 2 and 7). Although less experience has been gained in patients with posterior circulation (vertebrobasilar [VB] arterial) thromboembolism, most such data has concerned patients whose arterial lesions were documented before and after thrombolysis.
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Caplan, L.R. (2005). Thrombolysis in Vertebrobasilar Occlusive Disease. In: Lyden, P.D. (eds) Thrombolytic Therapy for Acute Stroke. Current Clinical Neurology. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-933-8:203
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