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Stroke as a complication and prognostic factor of COVID-19

Neurología (English Edition), ISSN: 2173-5808, Vol: 35, Issue: 5, Page: 318-322
2020
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Contradictory data have been reported on the incidence of stroke in patients with COVID-19 and the risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection among patients with history of stroke. This study systematically reviews case series reporting stroke as a complication of COVID-19, and analyses the prognosis of patients with COVID-19 and history of stroke. The pathophysiological mechanisms of stroke in patients with COVID-19 are also reviewed. History of stroke increases the risk of death due to COVID-19 by 3 times. Stroke currently seems not to be one of the main complications of COVID-19. Existe información contradictoria acerca de la incidencia de ictus en enfermos de COVID-19 y sobre el riesgo de los enfermos con antecedentes de ictus de padecer la pandemia. Revisión sistemática de la bibliografía sobre las series de casos de COVID-19 que han tenido un ictus como complicación y sobre el pronóstico de los enfermos con antecedentes de ictus que sufren COVID-19. También se han revisado los mecanismos por los que se pueden producir ictus en esta enfermedad. Tener antecedentes de ictus aumenta 3 veces el riesgo de fallecer por COVID-19. En este momento el ictus no parece una de las complicaciones principales de COVID-19.

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