Higher Rates of Mortality but Not Morbidity Follow Intracranial Mechanical Thrombectomy in the Elderly

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Mechanical thrombectomy is a promising means of recanalizing acute cerebrovascular occlusions in certain situations. We sought to determine if increasing age adversely affects prognosis. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We reviewed all Merci thrombectomy cases and compared patients you...

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Published in:AJNR Am J Neuroradiol
Main Authors: Loh, Y., Kim, D., Shi, Z.-S., Tateshima, S., Vespa, P.M., Gonzalez, N.R., Starkman, S., Saver, J.L., Jahan, R., Liebeskind, D.S., Duckwiler, G.R., Viñuela, F.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: American Society of Neuroradiology 2010
Subjects:
Interventional
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7965477/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20395387
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A2079
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