Influence of age on clinical and revascularization outcomes in the North American Solitaire Stent-Retriever Acute Stroke Registry

AC Castonguay, OO Zaidat, R Novakovic, TN Nguyen… - Stroke, 2014 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose—The Solitaire With the Intention for Thrombectomy (SWIFT) and
thrombectomy revascularization of large vessel occlusions in acute ischemic stroke (TREVO …

Trends in stroke survival incidence rates in older Australians in the new millennium and forecasts into the future

A Fisher, J Martin, W Srikusalanukul, M Davis - Journal of Stroke and …, 2014 - Elsevier
Aims The objective of this study is (i) to evaluate trends in the incidence rates of stroke
survivors aged 60 years and older over a 11-year period in the Australian Capital Territory …

Differences in initial stroke severity between Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites vary by age: the Brain Attack Surveillance in Corpus Christi (BASIC) project

JJ Wing, J Baek, BN Sánchez, LD Lisabeth… - Cerebrovascular …, 2014 - karger.com
Background: A wide variety of racial and ethnic disparities in stroke epidemiology and
treatment have been reported. Race-ethnic differences in initial stroke severity may be one …

Thrombolytic therapy with intravenous recombinant tissue plasminogen activator in J apanese older patients with acute ischemic stroke: F ukuoka S troke R egistry

R Matsuo, M Kamouchi, T Ago, J Hata… - Geriatrics & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The present study aimed to determine the efficacy and safety of thrombolytic therapy
with recombinant tissue plasminogen activator (rt‐PA) therapy in older patients compared …

Intravenous thrombolysis in patients aged more than 80 years in the three rural hospitals in southeast P oland: An observational study

P Sobolewski, W Brola, J Stoiński… - Geriatrics & …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Aims Approximately 30% of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) occurs in people aged over 80
years. Older patients are increasingly receiving intravenous thrombolysis (IV‐thrombolysis) …

Current perspectives on cardioembolic ischemic stroke in very old patients

A Arboix, J Massons, J Alió - Research Reports in Clinical …, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
The oldest old population (> 85 years of age) represents the faster growing segment of the
elderly in developed countries. Cardioembolic infarction (CI) accounts for 14%–30% of all …