International Prevalence and Mechanisms of SARS-CoV-2 in Childhood Arterial Ischemic Stroke During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Lauren A BeslowShannon C AgnerJonathan D SantoroDipak RamJenny L WilsonDana B HarrarBrian AppavuStuart M FraserThomas RossorMarcela D TorresManoëlle KossorotoffYenny C Zuñiga ZambranoMarta Hernández-ChávezSahar M A HassaneinDimitrios ZafeiriouMichael M DowlingIlona KopytaNicholas V StenceTimothy J BernardNomazulu Dlamininull nullPublished in: Stroke (2022)
The risk of AIS among children hospitalized with SARS-CoV-2 appeared stable compared with our earlier estimate. Among children in whom SARS-CoV-2 was considered the main stroke risk factor, inflammatory arteriopathies were the stroke mechanism.