Trends in Use, Outcomes, and Disparities in Endovascular Thrombectomy in US Patients With Stroke Aged 80 Years and Older Compared With Younger Patients
Adcock A, Schwamm L, Smith E, Fonarow G, Reeves M, Xu H, Matsouaka R, Xian Y, Saver J. Trends in Use, Outcomes, and Disparities in Endovascular Thrombectomy in US Patients With Stroke Aged 80 Years and Older Compared With Younger Patients. JAMA Network Open 2022, 5: e2215869. PMID: 35671055, PMCID: PMC9175073, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.15869.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymptomatic intracranial hemorrhageAcute ischemic strokeYounger patientsHospital mortalityCohort studyIschemic strokeOlder patientsIntracranial hemorrhageAmerican Heart Association/American Stroke AssociationFunctional independenceHealth Stroke Scale scoreSymptomatic intracranial hemorrhage rateNationwide retrospective cohort studyGuidelines-Stroke programGWTG-Stroke hospitalsIntracranial hemorrhage rateStroke Scale scoreFavorable functional outcomeRetrospective cohort studyAmerican Stroke AssociationQuality improvement registryMeeting study criteriaEVT rateEVT useThrombectomy trials