COVID-19-Associated Carotid Atherothrombosis and Stroke
C. Esenwa, N. T. Cheng, E. Lipsitz, K. Hsu, R. Zampolin, A. Gersten, D. Antoniello, A. Soetanto, K. Kirchoff, A. Liberman, P. Mabie, T. Nisar, D. Rahimian, A. Brook, S-K Lee, N. Haranhalli, D. Altschul, D. Labovitz
Summary
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.
Fonte:
AJNR. American Journal of Neuroradiology 2020 Nov;41(11):1993-1995.
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A6752. Epub 2020 Aug 20.
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