Ischemic stroke in COVID-19 patients: Mechanisms, treatment, and outcomes in a consecutive Swiss Stroke Registry analysis.
Davide StramboGian Marco De MarchisLeo H BonatiMarcel ArnoldEmmanuel CarreraSanti GallettaKrassen NedeltchevTimo KahlesCarlo Walter CeredaGiovanni BiancoGeorg KägiAndreas R LuftManuel BologneseLehel-Barna LakatosStephan SalmenPamela CorreiaRolf SturzeneggerAlbert SylvanFriedrich MedlinChristian BergerFlorian LindheimerMarkus BaumgärtnerLudwig ScheloskyChristophe BonvinMarie-Luise MonoBiljana RodicAndrea von RedingGuido SchweglerFederico MassiniAlexander A TarnutzerShadi TaheriNils PetersMorin BeyelerValerian AltersbergerStefan T EngelterUrs FischerPatrik Michelnull nullPublished in: European journal of neurology (2021)
In this nationwide analysis of consecutive ischemic strokes, concomitant COVID-19 was relatively rare. COVID+ patients more often had multi-territory stroke and less often cryptogenic stroke, and their 3-month functional outcome tended to be worse.