1. COVID-19-Associated Carotid Atherothrombosis and Stroke
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K. Hsu, Natalie T. Cheng, Daniel Antoniello, Daniel L. Labovitz, A. Soetanto, A. Gersten, Richard L. Zampolin, Charles Esenwa, Neil Haranhalli, David J. Altschul, S.-K. Lee, D. Rahimian, Allan Brook, E. Lipsitz, Ava L. Liberman, K. Kirchoff, T. Nisar, and Peter C. Mabie
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Carotid Artery Diseases ,Male ,CAROTID THROMBOSIS ,medicine.medical_specialty ,2019-20 coronavirus outbreak ,Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ,Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) ,Fulminant ,Pneumonia, Viral ,030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging ,Betacoronavirus ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,Risk Factors ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Carotid Artery Thrombosis ,cardiovascular diseases ,Pandemics ,Extracranial Vascular ,Acute ischemic stroke ,Stroke ,Aged ,SARS-CoV-2 ,business.industry ,COVID-19 ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Plaque, Atherosclerotic ,Cardiology ,Female ,Neurology (clinical) ,Coronavirus Infections ,business ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - 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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- 2020
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