Ischaemic stroke ‘uncommon’ in COVID-19

Patients hospitalised with the infection, however, have a poor prognosis if they do experience stroke, New York doctors say
Reuters Health Staff writer
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Ischaemic stroke appears to be uncommon in patients hospitalised with COVID-19, according to data from a New York healthcare system.

Doctors from three comprehensive stroke centres in New York City compared the clinical characteristics of patients with stroke and a diagnosis of COVID-19 with two groups of control patients with stroke who did not have the infection.