Predictors of Outcome After Mechanical Thrombectomy in Stroke Patients Aged ≥85 Years.
Laurent DerexJulie HaesebaertCéline OdierWalid AlesefirYves BerthezèneMarielle BuissonNicole DaneaultYan DeschaintreOmer Faruk EkerLaura GioiaDana IancuGrégory JacquinFatine KarkriMarlène LapierreNorbert NighoghossianJean RaymondDaniel RoyChristian StapfAlain WeillAlexandre Y PoppePublished in: The Canadian journal of neurological sciences. Le journal canadien des sciences neurologiques (2021)
Among patients aged ≥ 85 years, successful recanalization with MT is relatively common and associated with better 3-month outcome and lower mortality than failed recanalization. Attempting to achieve recanalization in elderly patients using MT appears reasonable.