Impact of age on mechanical thrombectomy and clinical outcome in patients with acute ischemic stroke.

Acute ischemic stroke Age-related outcome Large vessel occlusion Mechanical thrombectomy

Journal

Journal of stroke and cerebrovascular diseases : the official journal of National Stroke Association
ISSN: 1532-8511
Titre abrégé: J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 9111633

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
Sep 2023
Historique:
received: 24 02 2023
revised: 22 06 2023
accepted: 06 07 2023
pubmed: 14 7 2023
medline: 14 7 2023
entrez: 13 7 2023
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Mechanical thrombectomy is less effective in patients aged 80 years or older. Our goal was to better understand the impact of age in general on recanalization rates and clinical outcome. We performed a retrospective analysis of our prospective database of adult patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusions, who had undergone mechanical thrombectomy between 2019 and mid-2021. The cohort was categorized into five age groups: 18 - 49, 50 - 59, 60 - 69, 70 - 79 and ≥ 80 years. Our primary outcome measure was clinical outcome at three months after mechanical thrombectomy, measured by the mRS score. Secondary outcomes were procedure times and rates of successful recanalization, defined by mTICI ≥ 2b. Data of 264 patients were analyzed. There were no significant differences in procedure times (p = 0.46) or in rates of successful recanalization (p = 0.49) between age groups. There was a significant association of age and mRS score at three months (p < 0.0001): From youngest to oldest group, odds of functional independence (mRS ≤ 2) decreased (80.0% vs. 21.3%) and odds of death (mRS 6) increased (13.3% vs. 57.3%). Increasing age was significantly associated with lower rates of functional independence (OR 0.93; [95% CI 0.90 - 0.95]), higher rates of care dependency (OR 1.04; [95% CI 1.01 - 1.07]) and higher mortality rates (OR 1.06; [95% CI 1.04 - 1.09]). Higher age had no significant impact on recanalization times or recanalization rates but was strongly associated with worse clinical outcome after mechanical thrombectomy.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OBJECTIVE
Mechanical thrombectomy is less effective in patients aged 80 years or older. Our goal was to better understand the impact of age in general on recanalization rates and clinical outcome.
METHODS METHODS
We performed a retrospective analysis of our prospective database of adult patients with acute ischemic stroke due to large vessel occlusions, who had undergone mechanical thrombectomy between 2019 and mid-2021. The cohort was categorized into five age groups: 18 - 49, 50 - 59, 60 - 69, 70 - 79 and ≥ 80 years. Our primary outcome measure was clinical outcome at three months after mechanical thrombectomy, measured by the mRS score. Secondary outcomes were procedure times and rates of successful recanalization, defined by mTICI ≥ 2b.
RESULTS RESULTS
Data of 264 patients were analyzed. There were no significant differences in procedure times (p = 0.46) or in rates of successful recanalization (p = 0.49) between age groups. There was a significant association of age and mRS score at three months (p < 0.0001): From youngest to oldest group, odds of functional independence (mRS ≤ 2) decreased (80.0% vs. 21.3%) and odds of death (mRS 6) increased (13.3% vs. 57.3%). Increasing age was significantly associated with lower rates of functional independence (OR 0.93; [95% CI 0.90 - 0.95]), higher rates of care dependency (OR 1.04; [95% CI 1.01 - 1.07]) and higher mortality rates (OR 1.06; [95% CI 1.04 - 1.09]).
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Higher age had no significant impact on recanalization times or recanalization rates but was strongly associated with worse clinical outcome after mechanical thrombectomy.

Identifiants

pubmed: 37441892
pii: S1052-3057(23)00271-9
doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2023.107248
pii:
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Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

107248

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts

Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

Auteurs

Nadine Rhiner (N)

Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Raemistrasse 71, Zurich 8006, Switzerland.

Mara Z Thut (MZ)

Faculty of Medicine, University of Zurich, Raemistrasse 71, Zurich 8006, Switzerland.

Patrick Thurner (P)

Department of Neuroradiology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, Zurich 8091, Switzerland.

Jawid Madjidyar (J)

Department of Neuroradiology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, Zurich 8091, Switzerland.

Tilman Schubert (T)

Department of Neuroradiology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, Zurich 8091, Switzerland.

Christoph Globas (C)

Department of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, Zurich 8091, Switzerland.

Susanne Wegener (S)

Department of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, Zurich 8091, Switzerland.

Andreas R Luft (AR)

Department of Neurology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 26, Zurich 8091, Switzerland; Cereneo Center of Neurology and Rehabilitation, Seestrasse 18, Vitznau 6354, Switzerland.

Lars Michels (L)

Department of Neuroradiology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, Zurich 8091, Switzerland.

Zsolt Kulcsar (Z)

Department of Neuroradiology, Clinical Neuroscience Center, University Hospital Zurich, Frauenklinikstrasse 10, Zurich 8091, Switzerland. Electronic address: Zsolt.Kulcsar@usz.ch.

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