nd of decreasing cases and delays in the patient pathway during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic across UK centres. Patient anxiety and initial confusion amongst stroke/INR teams may have initially contributed to reduced numbers of MT procedures. Further and larger studies would help advance knowledge of how changes in practice for this essential time-critical service can improve the management of MT-eligible patients during this or any future pandemic.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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The authors thank the INR teams at Barts Health NHS Trust, Belfast Trust Hospitals, Brighton and Sussex NHS Trust, Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Leeds Teaching Hospitals Trust, Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, North Bristol NHS Trust, Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust, Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, St George\'s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, King\'s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, NHS Lothian (and on behalf of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde) and South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for their cooperation with this UK Neurointerventional Group (UKNG) and the British Society of Neuroradiologists (BSNR) national survey. N.M. has undertaken edu