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Table 4 Clinical and radiological outcome in patients younger than 80 years and patients 80 years or over

From: The effect of age on outcome after intra-arterial treatment in acute ischemic stroke: a MR CLEAN pretrial study

 

<80 years

≥80 years

N patients

298

17

Procedural duration in minutes, median (IQR)

121 (55)

108 (54)

Recanalization (TICI 2b and TICI 3)

113 (43 %)

6 (46 %)

Neurological recovery (decrease in NIHSS of 8 points or more), n (%)

9 (53 %)

8 (47 %)

Good functional outcome at discharge, mRS 0–2, n (%)

75 (25 %)

3 (18 %)

Death, n (%)

47 (16 %)

4 (26 %)

All adverse events, n (%)

164 (55 %)

13 (76 %)

Non-neurological adverse events, n (%)

91 (31 %)*

10 (59 %)*

Neurological adverse events, n (%)

113 (38 %)

6 (35 %)

Neurological serious adverse events, n (%)

44 (15 %)

3 (18 %)

  1. *p = 0.02