Acute ischemic stroke and COVID-19: an analysis of 27 676 patients

AI Qureshi, WI Baskett, W Huang, D Shyu, D Myers… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: Acute ischemic stroke may occur in patients with coronavirus
disease 2019 (COVID-19), but risk factors, in-hospital events, and outcomes are not well …

Changes in stroke hospital care during the COVID-19 pandemic: a systematic review and meta-analysis

AH Katsanos, L Palaiodimou, R Zand, S Yaghi… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: We systematically evaluated the impact of the coronavirus 2019
(COVID-19) pandemic on stroke care across the world. Methods: Observational studies …

Door-in-door-out times for interhospital transfer of patients with stroke

B Stamm, R Royan, M Giurcanu, SR Messe, EC Jauch… - JAMA, 2023 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Treatments for time-sensitive acute stroke are not available at every hospital,
often requiring interhospital transfer. Current guidelines recommend hospitals achieve a …

Stroke acute management and outcomes during the COVID-19 outbreak: a cohort study from the Madrid stroke network

B Fuentes, M Alonso de Leciñana, S García-Madrona… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak has added
challenges to providing quality acute stroke care due to the reallocation of stroke resources …

Hospitalizations for stroke in France during the COVID-19 pandemic before, during, and after the national lockdown

AS Mariet, M Giroud, E Benzenine, J Cottenet… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: In France, the entire population was put under a total lockdown
from March 17 to May 11, 2020 during the peak of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

[HTML][HTML] Decrease in stroke diagnoses during the COVID-19 pandemic: where did all our stroke patients go?

AN Dula, GG Brown, A Aggarwal, KL Clark - JMIR aging, 2020 - aging.jmir.org
Despite the evidence suggesting a high rate of cerebrovascular complications in patients
with SARS-CoV-2, reports have indicated decreasing rates of new ischemic stroke …

Maintenance of acute stroke care service during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown

VL Altersberger, LJ Stolze, MR Heldner, H Henon… - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
Background and Purpose: Timely reperfusion is an important goal in treatment of eligible
patients with acute ischemic stroke. However, during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID …

Utilization of telestroke prior to and following the COVID-19 pandemic

AC Turner, MR Etherton - Seminars in neurology, 2022 - thieme-connect.com
For over two decades, telestroke has been utilized as a means for improving acute access to
a stroke specialist when this expertise is otherwise unavailable. During this time, telestroke …

Characteristics of large-vessel occlusion associated with COVID-19 and ischemic stroke

S John, P Kesav, VA Mifsud… - American Journal …, 2020 - Am Soc Neuroradiology
The mechanisms and phenotype of ischemic stroke associated with coronavirus disease
2019 (COVID-19) remain uncertain. A retrospective study was conducted in patients with …

Quality improvement

MF Kilkenny, DM Bravata - Stroke, 2021 - Am Heart Assoc
(TIA) have access to evidence-based therapies which optimize their survival and recovery.
The learning health system1 provides a framework (Figure) to ensure all components (eg …