Endovascular Treatment of Anterior Circulation Large Vessel Occlusion in the Elderly

Endovascular treatment of anterior circulation large vessel occlusion in the elderly population presents special challenges and opportunities. In this review, we discuss the published literature regarding thrombectomy in elderly patients and also discuss specific issues related to treatment in this...

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Autores principales: Jayaraman, Mahesh V., McTaggart, Ryan A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018
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Neuroscience
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5780400/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29403421
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2017.00713
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description Endovascular treatment of anterior circulation large vessel occlusion in the elderly population presents special challenges and opportunities. In this review, we discuss the published literature regarding thrombectomy in elderly patients and also discuss specific issues related to treatment in this patient population. In summary, while the overall outcomes following thrombectomy in elderly patients are worse than following thrombectomy in younger patients, there appears to be a similar benefit as in young patients. While there are challenges with successfully delivering thrombectomy in older patients, age alone should not be an independent exclusion from thrombectomy.
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spelling pubmed-57804002018-02-05 Endovascular Treatment of Anterior Circulation Large Vessel Occlusion in the Elderly Jayaraman, Mahesh V. McTaggart, Ryan A. Front Neurol Neuroscience Endovascular treatment of anterior circulation large vessel occlusion in the elderly population presents special challenges and opportunities. In this review, we discuss the published literature regarding thrombectomy in elderly patients and also discuss specific issues related to treatment in this patient population. In summary, while the overall outcomes following thrombectomy in elderly patients are worse than following thrombectomy in younger patients, there appears to be a similar benefit as in young patients. While there are challenges with successfully delivering thrombectomy in older patients, age alone should not be an independent exclusion from thrombectomy. Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-01-19 /pmc/articles/PMC5780400/ /pubmed/29403421 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2017.00713 Text en Copyright © 2018 Jayaraman and McTaggart. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
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