Is Endovascular Thrombectomy for the Very Elderly?

Stroke. 2022 Jul;53(7):2227-2229. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.122.039340. Epub 2022 Jun 15.

Authors

Claire J Creutzfeldt^{1

2

3}, Michael R Levitt^{4

3}, Thabele M Leslie-Mazwi^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology (C.J.C., T.M.L.-M.), University of Washington, Seattle.
² Cambia Palliative Care Center of Excellence (C.J.C.), University of Washington, Seattle.
³ Harborview Medical Center, Seattle, WA (C.J.C., M.R.L., T.M.L.-M.).
⁴ Department of Neurological Surgery (M.R.L.), University of Washington, Seattle.

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; angiography; disease; intracranial hemorrhages; ischemic stroke; thrombectomy.

Publication types

Editorial
Comment

MeSH terms

Aged
Brain Ischemia*
Endovascular Procedures*
Humans
Intracranial Hemorrhages
Stroke* / surgery
Thrombectomy
Treatment Outcome

Grants and funding

K23 NS099421/NS/NINDS NIH HHS/United States