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Abstract WP31: Endovascular Treatment Decision Making in Octo- and Nonagenarians: Insights From UNMASK EVT, an International Multidisciplinary Study

Abstract

Background and Purpose: Efficacy and cost effectiveness of EVT in elderly stroke patients (≥80 years) is controversial, since they were underrepresented in randomized trials. We sought to explore how physicians approach endovascular therapy decision-making in octo- and nonagenarians under their current local resources and investigated how they would change their treatment decision under assumed ideal conditions, i.e. without external (monetary …

Authors

Kashani N; Ospel JM; Almekhlafi M; Menon B; Singh R; Saposnik G; Hill MD; Goyal M

Journal

Stroke, Vol. 51, No. Suppl_1,

Publisher

Wolters Kluwer

Publication Date

2 2020

DOI

10.1161/str.51.suppl_1.wp31

ISSN

0039-2499