Endovascular Stroke Treatment of Nonagenarians.

Markus Alfred Möhlenbruch Johannes Alex Rolf Pfaff Silvia Schoenenberger Simon Nagel Julian Bösel Christian Herweh Peter Arthur Ringleb Martin Bendszus S Stampfl

Published in: AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology (2016)

Despite high mortality rates and only moderate overall outcome, 17.2% of the patients achieved mRS 0-2 or prestroke mRS, and no serious procedure-related complications occurred. Therefore, very high age should not per se be an exclusion criterion for endovascular stroke treatment.

Keyphrases

atrial fibrillation
end stage renal disease
newly diagnosed
risk factors
cardiovascular events
minimally invasive
peritoneal dialysis
high intensity
patient reported
smoking cessation