Mohammaden MH, Haussen DC, Pisani L, et al. - In the elderly population, researchers examined if and how racial background is associated with outcomes after mechanical thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion strokes.

• A prospectively maintained database of patients with acute ischemic stroke treated with mechanical thrombectomy yielded data of 2,241 mechanical thrombectomy.

• Of these, 344 patients (median [interquartile range]; age 85 [82–88] years, baseline National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale score of 19 [15–23], Alberta Stroke Program Early CT Score 9 [7–9], 69.5% females) were included in the analysis.

• Categorization of patients was done according to their race as Black and White.

• The multivariable analysis indicated no association of race with 90-day modified Rankin Scale score of 0 to 2 or with 90-day mortality.