Endovascular therapy versus thrombolysis in patients with large vessel occlusions within the anterior circulation aged ≥80 years.
Andreas KastrupFreimuth BrunnerHelmut HildebrandtChristian RothMichael WinterhalterPanagiotis PapanagiotouPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2018)
Compared with IVT, the routine use of ET significantly improved the early clinical and radiological outcome in patients with anterior circulation large vessel occlusions aged ≥80 years. Nevertheless, poor outcome rates were high so the role of ET needs to be defined further in this population.