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Coronavirus Disease 2019 and Stroke: Clinical Manifestations and Pathophysiological Insights
An outbreak of an acute respiratory illness of unknown cause started in Wuhan, Hubei province, China on December 12, 2019.1,2 A new strain of coronavirus, named severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), was identified in these patients. Subsequently, the identified acute respiratory illness was named coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Soon thereafter, the COVID-19 epidemic in China became a pandemic with a significant burden on healthcare and the world-wide economy. SARS-CoV-2 has been shown to be a distinct class of the beta coronaviruses (Beta-CoVs) with a 79.5% gene sequence homology to the severe ...
Source: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases - May 10, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Afshin A. Divani, Sasan Andalib, Mario Di Napoli, Simona Lattanzi, M. Shazam Hussain, Jos é Biller, Louise D. McCullough, M. Reza Azarpazhooh, Alina Seletska, Stephan A. Mayer, Michel Torbey Tags: Review Article Source Type: research

Covert COVID-19 complications: Continuing the use of evidence-based drugs to minimize potentially lethal indirect effects of the pandemic in stroke patients
Stroke and cardiovascular diseases are the world's biggest killers, globally accounting for over 15 million deaths each year (https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/the-top-10-causes-of-death). Since the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in Wuhan, China and its rapid spread to other countries, as of April 272,020, there were about 3 million cases with over 190,000 deaths worldwide. However, actual situation might be even more dire, since such statistics likely do not fully display the entire impact of COVID-19, especially with regard to its influence on patients with a history of stroke who need to tak...
Source: Journal of the Neurological Sciences - May 5, 2020 Category: Neurology Authors: Meng Lee, Chi-Hsin Sally Chen, Bruce Ovbiagele Tags: Letter to the Editor Source Type: research

Coronavirus: High proportion of young infected die from strokes
Chinese anaesthetist Dr Dong Tian, 29, died in March after suffering a stroke following a 35-day battle with COVID-19. US doctors have seen a seven-fold increase in stroke patients under 50.
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 27, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Some Coronavirus Patients Show Signs of Stroke, Seizures and Confusion
Doctors have observed neurological symptoms, including confusion, stroke and seizures, in a small subset of Covid-19 patients.
Source: NYT Health - April 1, 2020 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Roni Caryn Rabin Tags: your-feed-science Seizures (Medical) Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Fever Senses and Sensation Nerves and Nervous System Smell (Olfaction) Boca Raton (Fla) China Europe Germany France Wuhan (China) United States your-feed-health Source Type: news

Medtech in a Minute: Feeling the Coronavirus Pinch, J & amp;J & #039;s Apple Study, and More
Coronavirus Hurts Big Medtech's Bottom Line  As the Chinese healthcare system focuses on containing the spread of the coronavirus, medical device companies doing business in China are seeing lower procedure volumes, which means lower-than-expected revenue in the first quarter. Boston Scientific, for example, expects the virus to lower first-quarter revenue by $10 million to $40 million.   J&J and Apple Have Big Hopes for Heartline Study Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen Pharmaceutical unit and Apple opened enrollment for the Heartline Study, which aims to ...
Source: MDDI - March 2, 2020 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Amanda Pedersen Tags: Business Source Type: news

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