Alicia C Castonguay, Osama O Zaidat, Roberta Novakovic, Thanh N Nguyen, M Asif Taqi, Rishi Gupta, Chung-Huan J Sun, Coleman Martin, William E Holloway, Nils Mueller-Kronast, Joey E English, Italo Linfante, Guilherme Dabus, Tim W Malisch, Franklin A Marden, Hormozd Bozorgchami, Andrew Xavier, Ansaar T Rai, Michael T Froehler, Aamir Badruddin, Michael G Abraham, Vallabh Janardhan, Hashem Shaltoni, Albert J Yoo, Alex Abou-Chebl, Peng R Chen, Gavin W Britz, Ritesh Kaushal, Ashish Nanda, Mohammad A Issa, Raul G Nogueira
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: The Solitaire With the Intention for Thrombectomy (SWIFT) and thrombectomy revascularization of large vessel occlusions in acute ischemic stroke (TREVO 2) trial results demonstrated improved recanalization rates with mechanical thrombectomy; however, outcomes in the elderly population remain poorly understood. Here, we report the effect of age on clinical and angiographic outcome within the North American Solitaire-FR Stent-Retriever Acute Stroke (NASA) Registry...
December 2014: Stroke; a Journal of Cerebral Circulation