Ischemic Stroke and Coronavirus Infection: Complications of Endovascular Thrombectomy
- Authors: Yakovlev A.I.1, Voznjouk I.A.2,3, Kharitonova T.V.4, Savello A.V.5, Prokhorova M.V.2, Kolomentsev S.V.3,5, Tsurikova N.А.6, Romanova M.A.1
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Affiliations:
- Saint-Petersburg I.I. Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine
- Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University
- Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
- National Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics
- Kirov Military Medical Academy
- Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital
- Issue: Vol 18, No 3 (2024)
- Pages: 26-34
- Section: Original articles
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2075-5473/article/view/269312
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/ACEN.1151
- ID: 269312
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Abstract
The objective of our study was to compare complications of endovascular thrombectomy (EVT), in ischemic stroke (IS) patients admitted with or without COVID-19 to hospitals converted to deliver COVID-19-specific care.
Materials and methods. A retrospective analysis of 817 clinical cases of IS patients aged 25–99 years treated in regional vascular centers of Saint Petersburg from 1 January to 31 December 2021, with confirmed thrombotic occlusion of cerebral vessels and subsequent EVT intervention.
Results. The EVT number per bed was significantly higher (1.6) in the non-converted hospitals compared to the COVID-19-converted hospitals (0.49; p < 0.001). At the same time, more intraoperative complications (12% vs. 7.1%; p = 0.03) were reported in non-converted hospitals compared to COVID-19 converted hospitals. The likelihood of a favorable functional outcome was higher in younger patients with less severe neurological deficits on admission and without concomitant COVID-19 or post-operative complications.
Conclusion. COVID-19 is a limiting factor for the effectiveness of an IS treatment in patients who underwent EVT, affecting thereby functional outcomes in this cohort of patients. The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on intra-operative EVT complication rate was associated with disrupted triage of IS patients and an uneven distribution of the workload among surgical teams in the city hospitals.
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Alexander I. Yakovlev
Saint-Petersburg I.I. Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine
Email: yakovlevai92@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-7648-4388
neurologist, Regional Vascular Center for Patients with Acute Cerebrovascular Accident
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgIgor A. Voznjouk
Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
Email: yakovlevai92@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-0340-4110
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Neurology department, Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University; Professor, Department of psychiatry and neurosciences, Baltic center for neurotechnologies and artificial intelligence, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg; KaliningradTatiana V. Kharitonova
National Society of Neurosonology and Cerebral Hemodynamics
Email: yakovlevai92@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4021-9421
Cand. Sci. (Med.), secretary, Board of the Association
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgAlexander V. Savello
Kirov Military Medical Academy
Email: yakovlevai92@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-1680-6119
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Deputy Head, Department of neurosurgery
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgMariia V. Prokhorova
Pavlov First Saint Petersburg State Medical University
Email: yakovlevai92@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3412-0038
neurologist, Department of neurology for patients with acute cerebrovascular accident
Russian Federation, Saint-PetersburgSergey V. Kolomentsev
Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University; Kirov Military Medical Academy
Email: yakovlevai92@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3756-6214
Cand. Sci. (Med.), senior researcher, Head, Neurological department, Clinic of Nervous Diseases, S.M. Kirov Military Medical Academy; senior research associate, Baltic Center for Neurotechnologies and Artificial Intelligence, Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University
Russian Federation, Kaliningrad; St. PetersburgNadezhda А. Tsurikova
Regional Children’s Clinical Hospital
Email: yakovlevai92@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-3946-430X
Cand. Sci. (Med.), Neurological department
Russian Federation, Rostov-on-DonMargarita A. Romanova
Saint-Petersburg I.I. Dzhanelidze Research Institute of Emergency Medicine
Author for correspondence.
Email: yakovlevai92@yandex.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0009-8850-1670
neurologist, Regional Vascular Center for Patients with Acute Cerebrovascular Accident
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgReferences
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