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COVID Strokes: Rates, Types, Disparities – MedPage Today

The latest stroke data from the pandemic illuminates patterns

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Large studies reported at American Stroke Association virtual International Stroke Conference (ISC) homed in on more accurate estimates of the stroke implications of COVID-19.
Ischemic stroke incidence among COVID-19 patients in the American Heart Association (AHA) COVID-19 Registry was 0.75% overall, reported Saate Shakil, MD, of the University of Washington in Seattle.
That rate was lower than the 0.9% to 2% reported in other studies of stroke in COVID-19 patients, she noted during an ISC late-breaking…

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