COVID-19-Associated Carotid Atherothrombosis and Stroke [EXTRACRANIAL VASCULAR]

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.

Source: American Journal of Neuroradiology - November 11, 2020 Category: Radiology Authors: Esenwa, C., Cheng, N. T., Lipsitz, E., Hsu, K., Zampolin, R., Gersten, A., Antoniello, D., Soetanto, A., Kirchoff, K., Liberman, A., Mabie, P., Nisar, T., Rahimian, D., Brook, A., Lee, S.- K., Haranhalli, N., Altschul, D., Labovitz, D. Tags: EXTRACRANIAL VASCULAR Source Type: research