Effect of COVID-19 Pandemic on Mechanical Thrombectomy for Acute Ischemic Stroke Treatment in United States

There is accumulating data suggesting that the ischemic stroke may be increased in patients with corona virus disease 2019 (COVID-19) due to hyper coagulopathy1,2. An increase in acute ischemic stroke patients who require mechanical thrombectomy is to be expected particularly in regions with high rates of COVID-191.

https://www.strokejournal.org/article/S1052-3057(20)30558-9/fulltext?rss=yes

Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - July 10, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Adnan Qureshi, Farhan Siddiq, Brandi French, Camilo Gomez, Vishal Jani, Ameer Hassan, Muhammad Fareed Suri Source Type: research