Endovascular Therapy for Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Proposed Algorithm

Stroke. 2020 Jun;51(6):1902-1909. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.029863. Epub 2020 Apr 30.

Matthew S Smith¹, Jordan Bonomo^{1

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3}, William A Knight 4th^{1

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3}, Charles J Prestigiacomo², Christopher T Richards³, Evan Ramser⁴, Opeolu Adeoye^{2

3}, Stuart Bertsch⁵, Peyman Shirani^{1

2}, Achala Vagal⁶, Carl J Fichtenbaum⁷, Anne Housholder⁸, Pooja Khatri¹, Dawn O Kleindorfer¹, Joseph P Broderick¹, Aaron W Grossman²

¹ From the Department of Neurology (M.S.S., J.B., W.A.K., P.S., P.K., D.O.K., J.P.B.), University of Cincinnati, OH.
² Department of Neurosurgery (J.B., W.A.K., C.J.P., O.A., P.S., A.W.G.), University of Cincinnati, OH.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine (J.B., W.A.K., C.T.R., O.A.), University of Cincinnati, OH.
⁴ Division of Pulmonary Critical Care, Department of Internal Medicine (E.R.), University of Cincinnati, OH.
⁵ Department of Anesthesiology (S.B.), University of Cincinnati, OH.
⁶ Department of Radiology (A.V.), University of Cincinnati, OH.
⁷ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine (C.J.F.), University of Cincinnati, OH.
⁸ Cincinnati Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Department of Dermatology/Healthcare Ethics Consultant - Certified (HEC-C) (A.H.), University of Cincinnati, OH.

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Keywords: brain ischemia; coronavirus; endovascular procedures; pandemics; thrombectomy.

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