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PICO table, MT for Basilar artery occlusion
| Population | Acute ischemic stroke due to basilar artery occlusion. |
| Intervention | Mechanical thrombectomy and best medical therapy. |
| Comparison | Best medical therapy only. |
| Outcome | Good neurological outcome defined as a modified Rankin Scale (mRS) of ≤3 at day 90. Secondary outcomes included mortality, symptomatic intracranial hemorrhage (sICH) and functional independence (mRS ≤2). |
