Mechanical Thrombectomy in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Emergency Preparedness for Neuroscience Teams: A Guidance Statement From the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology

Thanh N Nguyen^{1

2

3}, Mohamad Abdalkader², Tudor G Jovin⁴, Raul G Nogueira⁵, Ashutosh P Jadhav^{6

7}, Diogo C Haussen⁵, Ameer E Hassan⁸, Roberta Novakovic⁹, Sunil A Sheth¹⁰, Santiago Ortega-Gutierrez¹¹, Peter D Panagos¹², Steve M Cordina¹³, Italo Linfante¹⁴, Ossama Yassin Mansour¹⁵, Amer M Malik¹⁶, Sandra Narayanan⁶, Hesham E Masoud¹⁷, Sherry Hsiang-Yi Chou^{6

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7}, Rakesh Khatri¹⁹, Vallabh Janardhan²⁰, Dileep R Yavagal¹⁶, Osama O Zaidat²¹, David M Greer¹, David S Liebeskind²²

Affiliations

¹ From the Departments of Neurology (T.N.N., D.M.G.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, MA.
² Radiology (T.N.N., M.A.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, MA.
³ Neurosurgery (T.N.N.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, MA.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Cooper University Health Care, Camden, NJ (T.G.J.).
⁵ Department of Neurology, Grady Memorial Hospital/Emory University, Atlanta, GA (R.G.N., D.C.H.).
⁶ Department of Neurology (A.P.J., S.N., S.H.-Y.C.), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA.
⁷ Department of Neurosurgery (S.H.-Y.C., A.P.J.), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA.
⁸ Department of Neuroscience, Valley Baptist Medical Center/University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (A.E.H.).
⁹ Department of Neurology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (R.N.).
¹⁰ Department of Neurology, UT Health McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX (S.A.S.).
¹¹ Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (S.O.-G.).
¹² Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (P.D.P.).
¹³ Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology, University of Southern Alabama, Mobile, (S.M.C.).
¹⁴ Departments of Interventional Neuroradiology and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, FL (I.L.).
¹⁵ Departments of Neurology and Neuroradiology, Alexandria University Hospital, Egypt (O.Y.M.).
¹⁶ Department of Neurology, University of Miami, FL (A.M.M., D.R.Y.).
¹⁷ Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital, NY (H.E.M.).
¹⁸ Department of Critical Care Medicine (S.H.-Y.C.), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA.
¹⁹ Department of Neurointerventional Surgery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock (R.K.).
²⁰ Department of Neurology, Medical City Plano Texas (V.J.).
²¹ Neuroscience Institute, Bon Secours Mercy Health System, St. Vincent Hospital, Toledo, OH (O.O.Z.).
²² Department of Neurology, UCLA Comprehensive Stroke Center, CA (D.S.L.).

PMID: 32347790
PMCID: PMC7202095
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030100

Mechanical Thrombectomy in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Emergency Preparedness for Neuroscience Teams: A Guidance Statement From the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology

Thanh N Nguyen et al. Stroke. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;51(6):1896-1901.

doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030100. Epub 2020 Apr 29.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ From the Departments of Neurology (T.N.N., D.M.G.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, MA.
² Radiology (T.N.N., M.A.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, MA.
³ Neurosurgery (T.N.N.), Boston Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, MA.
⁴ Department of Neurology, Cooper University Health Care, Camden, NJ (T.G.J.).
⁵ Department of Neurology, Grady Memorial Hospital/Emory University, Atlanta, GA (R.G.N., D.C.H.).
⁶ Department of Neurology (A.P.J., S.N., S.H.-Y.C.), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA.
⁷ Department of Neurosurgery (S.H.-Y.C., A.P.J.), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA.
⁸ Department of Neuroscience, Valley Baptist Medical Center/University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (A.E.H.).
⁹ Department of Neurology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX (R.N.).
¹⁰ Department of Neurology, UT Health McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX (S.A.S.).
¹¹ Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (S.O.-G.).
¹² Department of Emergency Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO (P.D.P.).
¹³ Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology, University of Southern Alabama, Mobile, (S.M.C.).
¹⁴ Departments of Interventional Neuroradiology and Endovascular Neurosurgery, Miami Cardiac and Vascular Institute, FL (I.L.).
¹⁵ Departments of Neurology and Neuroradiology, Alexandria University Hospital, Egypt (O.Y.M.).
¹⁶ Department of Neurology, University of Miami, FL (A.M.M., D.R.Y.).
¹⁷ Departments of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Radiology, SUNY Upstate Medical University Hospital, NY (H.E.M.).
¹⁸ Department of Critical Care Medicine (S.H.-Y.C.), University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, PA.
¹⁹ Department of Neurointerventional Surgery, Texas Tech University, Lubbock (R.K.).
²⁰ Department of Neurology, Medical City Plano Texas (V.J.).
²¹ Neuroscience Institute, Bon Secours Mercy Health System, St. Vincent Hospital, Toledo, OH (O.O.Z.).
²² Department of Neurology, UCLA Comprehensive Stroke Center, CA (D.S.L.).

PMID: 32347790
PMCID: PMC7202095
DOI: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030100

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Keywords: COVID-19; Italy; coronavirus; personal protective equipment; stroke.

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Approaches to global stroke care during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Liu L, Wang D, Brainin M, Elkind MSV, Leira E, Wang Y. Liu L, et al. Stroke Vasc Neurol. 2020 Jun;5(2):107-109. doi: 10.1136/svn-2020-000429. Epub 2020 May 23. Stroke Vasc Neurol. 2020. PMID: 32447298 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
Endovascular stroke treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Response by Nguyen et al to Letter Regarding Article, "Mechanical Thrombectomy in the Era of the COVID-19 Pandemic: Emergency Preparedness for Neuroscience Teams: A Guidance Statement From the Society of Vascular and Interventional Neurology".
Nguyen TN, Nogueira RG, Jovin TG. Nguyen TN, et al. Stroke. 2020 Aug;51(8):e172-e173. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030629. Epub 2020 Jun 18. Stroke. 2020. PMID: 32716827 Free PMC article. No abstract available.
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