Endovascular Treatment of Intracranial Aneurysms in Elderly Patients
Therapies Wednesday, May 29th, 2013STROKEAHA: May 16, 2013
Background and Purpose—Use of endovascular coiling for treatment of ruptured and unruptured intracranial aneurysms (IAs) in the elderly is increasing. We performed a meta-analysis of the literature examining clinical and angiographic outcomes for treatment of IAs in the elderly.
Methods—We performed a comprehensive review of the literature from 1995 to 2012, reporting series of patients ≥65 years of age with ruptured or unruptured IAs treated with endovascular approach. Event rates were pooled across studies using random effects meta-analysis. Read more