Neurologia Stroke as a Complication and Prognostic Factor of COVID-19

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Neurologia


. 2020 May 6;S0213-4853(20)30092-X.
doi: 10.1016/j.nrl.2020.04.015. Online ahead of print.
Stroke as a Complication and Prognostic Factor of COVID-19


[Article in English, Spanish]

J M Trejo-Gabriel-Gal?n[SUP] 1 [/SUP]



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• PMID: 32493597
• DOI: 10.1016/j.nrl.2020.04.015

Abstract

Introduction: Contradictory data have been reported on the incidence of stroke in patients with COVID-19 and the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among patients with history of stroke.
Methods: This study systematically reviews case series reporting stroke as a complication of COVID-19, and analyses the prognosis of patients with COVID-19 and history of stroke. The pathophysiological mechanisms of stroke in patients with COVID-19 are also reviewed.
Conclusions: History of stroke increases the risk of death due to COVID-19 by 3 times. Stroke currently seems not to be one of the main complications of COVID-19.

Keywords: COVID-19; Cerebrovascular diseases; Coronavirus infection; Enfermedades cerebrovasculares; Infecci?n coronavirus; SARS-CoV-2.