Intra-arterial thrombolysis for acute ischemic stroke in octogenarians.

  • Marie-Luise Mono
  • Lorenz Romagna
  • Simon Jung
  • Marcel Arnold
  • Aekaterini Galimanis
  • Urs Fischer
  • Adrian Kohler
  • Pietro Ballinari
  • Caspar Brekenfeld
  • Jan Gralla
  • Gerhard Schroth
  • Heinrich P Mattle
  • Krassen Nedeltchev

Abstract

It is unclear whether octogenarians benefit from intra-arterial thrombolysis (IAT) for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke (AIS). The aim of the present study was to compare baseline characteristics, clinical outcome and complications of patients aged ?80 with those of patients aged

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number2
ISSN1015-9770
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 22179504