Stroke risk, phenotypes, and death in COVID-19

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Authors

Sebastián Fridman · Western University

María Bres Bullrich · Western University

Amado Jiménez‐Ruiz · Western University

Pablo Costantini · Western University

Palak Shah · Western University

Caroline Just · Western University

Daniel Vela‐Duarte ·

Abstract

Stroke is relatively frequent among patients with COVID-19 and has devastating consequences across all ages. The interplay of older age, comorbid conditions, and severity of COVID-19 respiratory symptoms is associated with an extremely elevated mortality.

Topics & Keywords

Long-Term Effects of COVID-19 COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies COVID-19 and healthcare impacts

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: Neurology

Volume 95, Issue 24, pp. e3373-e3385

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000010851

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