Decreasing referrals to transient ischaemic attack clinics during the COVID-19 outbreak: results from a multicentre cross-sectional survey.
Lucio D'AnnaAmbreen SheikhRaj BathulaSalwa ElmamounAdelaide OppongRavneeta SinghRebecca RedwoodJohn JanssenSoma BanerjeeEvangelos VasileiadisPublished in: BMJ open (2020)
This multicentre analysis documented a significant reduction in the number of patients referred with suspected TIA to the specialised rapid access outpatient clinics in the North West London region during the COVID-19 pandemic. Future studies are needed to confirm our findings and to better characterise the incidence of cerebrovascular disease during the COVID-19 pandemic.