COVID-19-Associated Carotid Atherothrombosis and Stroke.
AJNR Am J Neuroradiol 2020;
41:1993-1995. [PMID:
32819896 DOI:
10.3174/ajnr.a6752]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2020] [Accepted: 06/26/2020] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
Abstract
We present a radiology-pathology case series of 3 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with acute ischemic stroke due to fulminant carotid thrombosis overlying mild atherosclerotic plaque and propose a novel stroke mechanism: COVID-associated carotid atherothrombosis.
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