Basilar Artery Occlusion
Abstract
Abstract To the Editor. —We read with interest Fisher's description of the "herald hemiparesis" of basilar artery occlusion.1 We were reassured that his experience confirms our observations in three patients who progressed to the locked-in state after presenting with hemimotor and hemisensory symptoms accompanied by marked dysarthria.2 Indeed, as we discussed, several earlier reports of patients who developed this condition due to basilar artery occlusion described a...