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Covid patients at higher risk of stroke during hospitalisation: Study – WION

A new US-based study has found that hospitalised Covid-19 patients are at a higher risk of stroke compared with patients, who had similar infectious conditions,…

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A new US-based study has found that hospitalised Covid-19 patients are at a higher risk of stroke compared with patients, who had similar infectious conditions, such as influenza and sepsis in prior studies. 
The study, presented at the International Stroke Conference 2021, showed that 1.4 per cent in the Covid-19 Cardiovascular Disease Registry had a stroke confirmed by diagnostic imaging during hospitalisation. 
Of these, 52.7 per cent experienced ischemic stroke; 2.5 per cent had transient ischemic…

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