ReviewStroke (Hoboken, N.J.)2023
Stroke Thrombectomy in the Elderly: Efficacy, Safety, and Special Considerations.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Thrombectomy vs Medical Management for Posterior Cerebral Artery Stroke: Systematic Review, Meta-Analysis, and Real-World Data.Neurology · 2024Pooled it
- Real-World Outcomes of Ischemic Stroke Interventions in Older Patients: A Cohort Study from a Tertiary Medical Center.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Mechanical thrombectomy in centenarians for the treatment of acute stroke: Report of 4 patients and review of the literature.Radiology case reports · 2025Article
- SOFIA Aspiration System as first-line Technique (SOFAST): a prospective, multicenter study to assess the efficacy and safety of the 6 French SOFIA Flow Plus aspiration catheter for endovascular stroke thrombectomy.Journal of neurointerventional surgery · 2025Article
- Outcomes of different anesthesia techniques in nonagenarians treated with mechanical thrombectomy for anterior circulation large vessel occlusion: An inverse probability weighting analysis.European stroke journal · 2025Article
- Endovascular Thrombectomy versus Medical Management for Acute Basilar Artery Occlusion Stroke in the Elderly.AJNR. American journal of neuroradiology · 2025Article
- Post-Thrombectomy Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Incidence, Predictors, Clinical Relevance, and Effect Modulators.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Predictors of favorable functional outcomes for elderly patients undergoing endovascular thrombectomy for acute ischemic stroke.European journal of medical research · 2024Observational
- Safety and outcomes of different endovascular treatment techniques for anterior circulation ischaemic stroke in the elderly: data from the Imperial College Thrombectomy Registry.Journal of neurology · 2024Observational
- Outcomes and Complications Associated with Mechanical Thrombectomy in the Treatment of Acute Ischemic Stroke.Cardiology and cardiovascular medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
Background: Elderly patients account for a major Q2 proportion of ischemic strokes worldwide, and the use of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT) for the elderly has been increasing in recent years. Major clinical trials have demonstrated the benefit of EVT for the general population; however, the degree of benefit is less clear in elderly populations. Although EVT is generally considered safe and effective in healthy elderly adults, there remains controversy as to whether EVT should be offered to all elderly patients, and optimal patient selection and management strategies remain elusive. Methods: This review consolidates the current literature on the overall efficacy and safety of EVT in the elderly population and highlights multiple topics that are particularly relevant to elderly populations. Results/Conclusions: Topics discussed include quality of life, patient selection strategies, white matter disease burden, reperfusion of large ischemic cores, bridging thrombolysis, prethrombectomy imaging, as well as technical considerations.
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