SARS-CoV-2 infection and acute ischemic stroke in Lombardy, Italy.
Alessandro PezziniMario GrassiGiorgio SilvestrelliMartina LocatelliNicola RifinoSimone BerettaMassimo GambaElisa RaimondiGiuditta GiussaniFederico CarimatiDavide SangalliManuel CoratoSimonetta GereviniStefano MasciocchiMatteo CortinovisSara La GioiaFrancesca BarbieriValentina MazzoleniDebora PezziniSonia BonacinaAndrea PilottoAlberto BenussiMauro MagoniEnrico PremiAlessandro Cesare PrelleElio Clemente AgostoniFernando PalluzziValeria De GiuliAnna MagheriniDaria Valeria RoccatagliataLuisa VinciguerraValentina PuglisiLaura FusiSusanna DiamantiFrancesco SantangeloRubjona XhaniFederico PozziGiampiero GrampaMaurizio VersinoAndrea SalmaggiSimona MarcheselliAnna CavalliniAlessia GiossiBruno CensoriCarlo FerrareseAlfonso CicconeMaria SessaAlessandro Padovaninull nullPublished in: Journal of neurology (2021)
Ischemic strokes in COVID-19 patients have distinctive risk factor profile and etiology, increased clinical severity and higher in-hospital mortality rate compared to non-COVID-19 patients. A simple model based on clinical and routine laboratory parameters may be useful in identifying ischemic stroke patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection who are unlikely to survive the acute phase.