Muralidhar Reddy Y, Jagarlapudi Mk Murthy, Sreekanth Reddy Y, Abhinay Kumar Gattu, Shyam K Jaiswal, Lalitha Pidaparthi, Subhendu Parida, Santhosh Kumar B, Syed Osman, Shanti Naidu Kamatam
Stroke associated with COVID-19 has been characterised in several multicentre retrospective studies and meta-analyses. However, they did not distinguish first-ever ischemic strokes (F-AIS). Therefore, we aimed to study the incidence, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of a cohort of F-AIS associated with COVID-19 during the first wave of the pandemic and compare this cohort with those of F-AIS without COVID-19, COVID-19 without stroke. We also sought to compare the stroke admissions and mechanisms during the pandemic and immediate prepandemic periods...
December 30, 2023: Acta Neurologica Taiwanica