Acute Stroke Care in a New York City Comprehensive Stroke Center during the COVID-19 Pandemic

The coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused unprecedented demand and burden on emergency health care services in New York City. We aim to describe our experience providing acute stroke care at a comprehensive stroke center (CSC) and the impact of the pandemic on the quality of care for patients presenting with acute ischemic stroke (AIS).

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - June 19, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Shashank Agarwal, Erica Scher, Nirmala Rossan-Raghunath, Dilshad Marolia, Mariya Butnar, Jose Torres, Cen Zhang, Sun Kim, Matthew Sanger, Kelley Humbert, Omar Tanweer, Maksim Shapiro, Eytan Raz, Erez Nossek, Peter K. Nelson, Howard A. Riina, Adam de Haven Source Type: research