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Clinical Outcome after Intra-Arterial Stroke Therapy in the Very Elderly: Why is it so Heterogeneous?

Very elderly patients (i.e., ≥80 years) are disproportionally affected by acute ischemic stroke. They account for a third of hospital stroke admissions, but two-thirds of overall stroke-related morbidity and mortality. There is some evidence of clinical benefit in treating selected very elderly pati...

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Autores principales: Chandra, Ronil V., Leslie-Mazwi, Thabele M., Mehta, Brijesh P., Yoo, Albert J., Simonsen, Claus Z.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4010729/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24808887
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2014.00060