United States.
The people taken into consideration are
45-80 years of age to calculate the eligible patient population for neurovascular thrombectomy devices. The incidence of stroke is higher in the older age population than in the younger generation.
The treatment algorithm for this calculated patient pool, as mentioned
in the 2019 updated Guidelines from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association, states that anticoagulant such as intravenous (IV) tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) should be administered to all eligible acute stroke patients within 3 hours of a stroke. As with IV tPA, treatment with mechanical thrombectomy should be initiated as quickly as possible. Administration of aspirin is recommended in acute stroke patients within 24 to 48 hours after stroke onset. For patients treated with IV tPA, aspirin administration is generally delayed for 24 hours.