Influence of Age on Clinical and Revascularization Outcomes in the North American Solitaire Stent-Retriever Acute Stroke Registry [Clinical Sciences]

Conclusion—
Greater than 80 years of age is predictive of poor clinical outcome and increased mortality compared with younger patients in the NASA registry. However, intravenous tissue-type plasminogen activator use, lower NIHSS, and shorter revascularization time are associated with better outcomes. Further studies are needed to understand the endovascular therapy role in this cohort compared with medical therapy.

Source: Stroke - November 24, 2014 Category: Neurology Authors: Castonguay, A. C., Zaidat, O. O., Novakovic, R., Nguyen, T. N., Taqi, M. A., Gupta, R., Sun, C.-H. J., Martin, C., Holloway, W. E., Mueller-Kronast, N., E. English, J., Linfante, I., Dabus, G., Malisch, T. W., Marden, F. A., Bozorgchami, H., Xavier, A., R Tags: Acute Cerebral Infarction, Emergency treatment of Stroke Clinical Sciences Source Type: research