Abstract No. 420 Health outcomes in older adults postthrombectomies for acute ischemic stroke.

There is an increasing stroke burden in our aging population, as the risk of stroke increases twofold every 10 years after the age of 55. Demographic, procedural, and outcome variables, such as 90-day modified Rankin scale (mRS), mortality, and National Institute of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS), were compared between patients less than 80 years old (n = 162) and 80+ years old (n = 70). On initial presentation at the hospital, patients aged 80 and older were more likely to present with higher NIHSS (17.1, SD 5.8) than the younger patients (15.3, SD 6.9, P = 0.02). [Extracted from the article]