The Curious Case of the Missing Strokes During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Diana Aguiar de Sousa^{1

2}, Else Charlotte Sandset^{3

4}, Mitchell S V Elkind^{5

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health (Neurology), Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal (D.A.d.S.).
² Institute of Anatomy, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal (D.A.d.S.).
³ Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Oslo, Norway (E.C.S.).
⁴ The Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Oslo, Norway (E.C.S.).
⁵ Department of Neurology and Sergievsky Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY (M.S.V.E.).
⁶ New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (M.S.V.E.).

Editorial

Diana Aguiar de Sousa et al. Stroke. 2020 Jul.

. 2020 Jul;51(7):1921-1923.

doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030792. Epub 2020 May 29.

Diana Aguiar de Sousa^{1

2}, Else Charlotte Sandset^{3

4}, Mitchell S V Elkind^{5

6}

¹ Department of Neurosciences and Mental Health (Neurology), Hospital Santa Maria, Lisbon, Portugal (D.A.d.S.).
² Institute of Anatomy, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal (D.A.d.S.).
³ Stroke Unit, Department of Neurology, University of Oslo, Norway (E.C.S.).
⁴ The Norwegian Air Ambulance Foundation, Oslo, Norway (E.C.S.).
⁵ Department of Neurology and Sergievsky Center, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, and Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY (M.S.V.E.).
⁶ New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Irving Medical Center (M.S.V.E.).

No abstract available

Keywords: Editorials; emergencies; epidemiology; prognosis; public health; thrombectomy.

Comment on

Impact of the COVID-19 Epidemic on Stroke Care and Potential Solutions.
Zhao J, Li H, Kung D, Fisher M, Shen Y, Liu R. Zhao J, et al. Stroke. 2020 Jul;51(7):1996-2001. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030225. Epub 2020 May 20. Stroke. 2020. PMID: 32432997 Free PMC article.
Acute Stroke Care Is at Risk in the Era of COVID-19: Experience at a Comprehensive Stroke Center in Barcelona.
Rudilosso S, Laredo C, Vera V, Vargas M, Renú A, Llull L, Obach V, Amaro S, Urra X, Torres F, Jiménez-Fàbrega FX, Chamorro Á. Rudilosso S, et al. Stroke. 2020 Jul;51(7):1991-1995. doi: 10.1161/STROKEAHA.120.030329. Epub 2020 May 22. Stroke. 2020. PMID: 32438895 Free PMC article.

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