Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke Patients Aged 80 Years or Older

There are limited data about the prognostic factors predicting outcomes after mechanical thrombectomy with stent retrievers for the elderly. Here, we evaluated outcomes in elderly patients in a real-world setting. Between April 2015 and January 2017, 80 patients with anterior intracranial acute large vessel occlusion, who had lived independently before ictus, were treated with mechanical thrombectomy using a stent retriever at our institute. We compared outcomes between patients ≥80 years old (n = 36) and those