Research Article
Characteristics and Outcomes of Younger Adults with Embolic Stroke of Undetermined Source (ESUS): A Retrospective Study
Table 1
Demographic and clinical characteristics of younger (≤50 years) versus older (>50 years) patients with embolic stroke of undetermined source (ESUS).
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ESUS, embolic stroke of undetermined source; EVT, endovascular thrombectomy; IQR, interquartile range; mRS, modified rankin scale; NIHSS, national institutes of health stroke scale; TIA, transient ischaemic attack; t-PA, tissue plasminogen activator. ∗mRS scores range from 0 (no neurologic deficit) to 6 (death). †NIHSS scores range from 0 (normal function) to 42 (death), with higher scores indicating a greater neurological deficit. |