International experience of mechanical thrombectomy during the COVID-19 pandemic: insights from STAR and ENRG.
Sami Al KasabEyad AlmallouhiAli M AlawiehMichael R LevittPascal M JabbourAhmad SweidRobert M StarkeVasu SainiStacey Q WolfeKyle M FargenAdam S ArthurNitin GoyalAbhi PandhiIsabel FragataIlko L MaierCharles MatoukJonathan A GrossbergBrian M HowardPeter KanMuhammad HafeezClemens M SchirmerR Webster CrowleyKrishna C JoshiStavropoula I TjoumakarisShakeel ChowdryWilliam J AresChristopher OgilvySantiago Gomez-PazAnsaar T RaiMaxim MokinWaldo GuerreroMin S ParkJustin R MascitelliAlbert YooRichard WilliamsonAndrew Walker GrandeRoberto Javier CrosaSharon WebbMarios N PsychogiosAndrew F DucruetChristine A HolmstedtAndrew J RingerAlejandro M Spiottanull nullPublished in: Journal of neurointerventional surgery (2020)
We observed a low rate of COVID-19 infection among stroke patients undergoing MT in LCC. Overall, more than half of the patients underwent intubation prior to MT, leading to prolonged door to reperfusion time, higher in-hospital mortality, and lower likelihood of functional independence at discharge.