COVID-19-Associated Carotid Atherothrombosis and Stroke. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

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.

publication date

  • August 20, 2020

Research

keywords

  • Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Carotid Artery Thrombosis
  • Coronavirus Infections
  • Pneumonia, Viral
  • Stroke

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC7658853

Scopus Document Identifier

  • 85096048251

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

  • 10.3174/ajnr.A6752

PubMed ID

  • 32819896

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 41

issue

  • 11