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COVID-19: patients with stroke or risk of stroke

In the context of COVID-19 infection, 0.5–2% of affected patients will suffer a stroke. The strokes are usually severe with an unfavourable prognosis. Most patients suffer from occlusion of the large brain-supplying arteries caused by the COVID-19 induced coagulation disorders. In the context of COV...

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Autores principales: Diener, Hans-Christoph, Berlit, Peter, Masjuan, Jaime
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7757708/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33390866
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suaa174
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description In the context of COVID-19 infection, 0.5–2% of affected patients will suffer a stroke. The strokes are usually severe with an unfavourable prognosis. Most patients suffer from occlusion of the large brain-supplying arteries caused by the COVID-19 induced coagulation disorders. In the context of COVID-19 infection, there has been a dramatic temporary decrease in the number of stroke patients treated in stroke units.
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spelling pubmed-77577082020-12-31 COVID-19: patients with stroke or risk of stroke Diener, Hans-Christoph Berlit, Peter Masjuan, Jaime Eur Heart J Suppl Articles In the context of COVID-19 infection, 0.5–2% of affected patients will suffer a stroke. The strokes are usually severe with an unfavourable prognosis. Most patients suffer from occlusion of the large brain-supplying arteries caused by the COVID-19 induced coagulation disorders. In the context of COVID-19 infection, there has been a dramatic temporary decrease in the number of stroke patients treated in stroke units. Oxford University Press 2020-12-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7757708/ /pubmed/33390866 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suaa174 Text en Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. © The Author(s) 2020. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7757708/
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