Intravenous thrombolysis prior to endovascular thrombectomy in elderly stroke patients: An analysis of the National Inpatient Sample database
Chen H, Khunte M, Colasurdo M, Malhotra A, Gandhi D. Intravenous thrombolysis prior to endovascular thrombectomy in elderly stroke patients: An analysis of the National Inpatient Sample database. Journal Of The Neurological Sciences 2023, 454: 120842. PMID: 37856997, DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2023.120842.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsNational Inpatient Sample databaseHospital mortalityHemorrhagic complicationsIntravenous thrombolysisEndovascular thrombectomyEVT patientsIVT treatmentThrombectomy centreElderly patientsMultivariable logistic regression modelSample databaseStroke risk factorsElderly stroke patientsCross-sectional studyLarge-scale cross-sectional studyOutcomes of interestHigh rateLogistic regression modelsPatients 80Medical comorbiditiesOnly patientsPatient demographicsStroke etiologyThrombolytic treatmentHemorrhagic risk