What is it about?
This study details the characteristics and risk profile of acute stroke patients occurring during an acute covid19 infection.
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Why is it important?
Although the first pandemic phase of covid19 outbreak is ended, the covid19 infection is likely to remain one of the triggers of acute ischemic stroke.
Perspectives
The Covid19 pandemic, the first so deeply studied infectious disease so far, is teaching us that lowering the risk of infections - through vaccination campaigns and other preventive measures, etc. - is crucial to avoid a non-negligible part of acute stroke events
Dr Francesco Janes
Universita degli Studi di Udine
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This page is a summary of: Ischemic strokes in COVID-19: risk factors, obesity paradox, and distinction between trigger and causal association, Frontiers in Neurology, August 2023, Frontiers,
DOI: 10.3389/fneur.2023.1222009.
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