COVID-19 and Ischemic Stroke: Clinical and Neuroimaging Findings.
Pablo Naval-BaudinIsabel Rodríguez CaamañoCecilia Rubio-MaicasAlbert Pons-EscodaMaria Montserrat Fernández ViñasAna NuñezPedro CardonaCarles MajosMonica CosNahum CalvoPublished in: Journal of neuroimaging : official journal of the American Society of Neuroimaging (2020)
The COVID-19 group had more in-hospital mortality, less proximal arterial occlusion on CT or MR angiography, and lower baseline modified Rankin Scale score. We suggest a possibly higher proportion of microangiopathic involvement or undetected distal large-vessel occlusion in the COVID-19 stroke group. Excess mortality was explained by severe respiratory failure. Otherwise, stroke patients with COVID-19 did not differ demographically or clinically from those without the illness.
Keyphrases
- coronavirus disease
- sars cov
- atrial fibrillation
- respiratory failure
- computed tomography
- contrast enhanced
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- magnetic resonance imaging
- cardiovascular events
- optical coherence tomography
- mechanical ventilation
- magnetic resonance
- minimally invasive
- early onset
- type diabetes
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- blood brain barrier
- subarachnoid hemorrhage