RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 COVID-19-Associated Carotid Atherothrombosis and Stroke
JF American Journal of Neuroradiology
JO Am. J. Neuroradiol.
FD American Society of Neuroradiology
SP 1993
OP 1995
DO 10.3174/ajnr.A6752
VO 41
IS 11
A1 Esenwa, C.
A1 Cheng, N.T.
A1 Lipsitz, E.
A1 Hsu, K.
A1 Zampolin, R.
A1 Gersten, A.
A1 Antoniello, D.
A1 Soetanto, A.
A1 Kirchoff, K.
A1 Liberman, A.
A1 Mabie, P.
A1 Nisar, T.
A1 Rahimian, D.
A1 Brook, A.
A1 Lee, S.-K.
A1 Haranhalli, N.
A1 Altschul, D.
A1 Labovitz, D.
YR 2020
UL http://www.ajnr.org/content/41/11/1993.abstract
AB SUMMARY: 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.ACE2angiotensin-converting enzyme 2CCAcommon carotid arteryCOVID-19coronavirus disease 2019RT-PCRreverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reactionSARS-CoV-2Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2