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cord-271168-a9sf8f4p	Montaner, Joan	Break in the Stroke Chain of Survival Due to COVID-19	2020-06-08		.txt	text/plain	3971	171	52	To quantify the impact of the pandemic, the number of stroke code activations, ambulance transfers, consultations through telestroke, stroke unit admissions, and reperfusion therapy times and rates are described in temporal relationship with the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the region. Therefore, to better understand how the acute stroke care situation in the era of the COVID pandemic crisis might be affected, we evaluated the number of stroke cases attending and treated at a south European region before and during the outbreak. Unfortunately, we observed a sharp decrease in the number of stroke code activations and ambulance transfers, a reduction in consultations through telestroke, the number of patients admitted to our stroke units, and treated with IV tPA or receiving thrombectomy, which had a clear temporal relationship with the rising number of COVID-19 cases that crowded our hospitals.	./cache/cord-271168-a9sf8f4p.txt	./txt/cord-271168-a9sf8f4p.txt