Functional Outcomes of Patients ≥85 Years With Acute Ischemic Stroke Following EVT: A HERMES Substudy.
Rosalie Victoria McDonoughJohanna Maria OspelBruce C V CampbellMichael D HillJeffrey L SaverDiederik W J DippelAndrew M DemchukCharles B L M MajoieScott B BrownPeter J MitchellSerge BracardFrancis GuilleminTudor G JovinKeith W MuirPhilip WhiteMayank Goyalnull nullPublished in: Stroke (2022)
Patients ≥85 years old with independent premorbid function more often achieve good functional outcomes and have lower rates of mortality when treated with EVT compared with conservative management, with an observed treatment effect modification of age on outcome. EVT should therefore not be withheld in this subgroup.