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Ischemic Stroke: An Emerging Complication of COVID-19 (preprint)
researchsquare; 2020.
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in English
| PREPRINT-RESEARCHSQUARE | ID: ppzbmed-10.21203.rs.3.rs-35504.v1
ABSTRACT
BackgroundCovid-19 affects mainly the respiratory tract but extra-pulmonary manifestations have been reported including neurologic disorders. Stroke is uncommonly reported in hospitalized patients with Covid-19. To assess the real burden of stroke during Covid-19 we performed a single-center review of stroke among patients with laboratory-confirmed Covid-19.MethodsWe retrospectively searched Colmar Hospital’s database for all the patients with laboratory confirmed Covid-19 who had a stroke between March 3 and April 21, 2020. Results We report seven cases (mean age 73 years) of ischemic stroke among 674 patients hospitalized for laboratory-confirmed coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19). Three patients experienced a stroke during hospitalization, and four patients were tested positive 24 h after their admission for stroke. Patients with stroke experienced a predominance of cardioembolic mechanisms, high levels of inflammatory markers, and procoagulative states. ConclusionIschemic stroke is a serious threat in patients with Covid-19, mainly due to an embolic mechanism and cardiologists and neurologists must collaborate in management and prevention of stroke during the Covid-19 pandemic
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COVID-19
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English
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2020
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