Coronavirus infection doubles the risk of certain strokes
While initially with the infections with the new Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 focused on respiratory complaints, it is now clear that COVID-19 can have numerous other consequences. According to a recent study, these apparently also include strokes with a occlusion of the large blood vessels (LVO stroke; LVO = large vessel occlusion)
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Other studies have already shown evidence of a connection between COVID-19 and the risk of stroke. For example, an increase in the frequency of acute ischemic strokes has been observed in COVID-19 sufferers with acute neurological symptoms. In the current study, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have now identified possible connections between coronavirus infection and the occurrence of an LVO stroke. The study was published in the specialist journal “American Journal of Roentgenology”
329 people with stroke were examined
The retrospective case-control study included a total of 329 people (175 men, 154 women; average age 66.9 years), all of whom were hospitalized in a clinic in New York from March 16 to April 30, 2020 for a stroke were. Of the participants, 35.3 percent (116 people) had an acute ischemic stroke, 21.6 percent (71 people) had an LVO stroke, and 14.6 percent (48 people) had a small vascular occlusion (SVO stroke) ; SVO = small vessel occlusion) found.
Significantly more LVO strokes
Of the study participants, 38.3 percent (126 people) had COVID-19 and 61.7 percent (203 people) tested negative for the virus. The latter served as a control group for stroke risk. An LVO stroke was present in 31.7 percent of those infected, but only in 15.3 percent of the people in the control group, the researchers report. SVO strokes occurred in 15.9 percent of those infected and in 13.8 percent of the control group.
Risk more than doubled
Even after adjusting the results for possible distorting factors, it was clear that the risk of an LVO stroke in people with COVID-19 was more than twice as high as in the control group, the researchers report. COVID-19 was clearly associated with the risk of an LVO stroke, but not with the risk of an SVO stroke. Dabi formed this “the first study that describes a connection between COVID-19 and strokes of the large blood vessels,” emphasizes Shingo Kihira from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. (fp)
Author and source information
This text corresponds to the requirements of the medical literature, medical guidelines and current studies and has been checked by medical doctors.
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Author:
Dipl. Geogr. Fabian Peters
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Swell:
- Shingo Kihira, Javin Schefflein, Keon Mahmoudi, Brian Rigney, Bradley N. Delman, J. Mocco, Amish Doshi, Puneet Belani: Association of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) With Large Vessel Occlusion Strokes: A Case-Control Study; in: American Journal of Roentgenology (abgerufen 30.07.2020), ajronline.org
- American Roentgen Ray Society: AJR study associates coronavirus disease (COVID-19) with large vessel occlusion strokes (veröffentlicht 30.07.2020), eurekalert.org
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Important NOTE:
This article contains general information only and should not be used for self-diagnosis or treatment. He can not substitute a visit at the doctor.
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