Large Vessel Occlusions By Free Floating Thrombi in Strokes During the COVID-19 pandemic- A Single Center Observational Study

Conclusions: This study highlights the presence of FFT causing LVO as a new stroke subtype during the COVID-19 pandemic. With renewed and steeper spike in COVID-19 cases, especially new variants, the resurgence of this stroke subtype needs to be actively explored early in the course of illness to reduce morbidity and mortality.

Source: Neurology India - May 3, 2022 Category: Neurology Authors: Samhita Panda Sarbesh Tiwari Jaya Pamnani Monalisa Vegda Apoorv Patel Sanjiv Sharma Saksham Jain Pratik Patel Deepika Saroha Pushpinder Khera Naresh Midha Mayank Garg Vijaya Lakshmi Nag Source Type: research