COVID-19-Associated Carotid Atherothrombosis and Stroke
Abstract
SUMMARY: We present a radiology-pathology case series of 3 patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) with acute ischemic stroke due to fulminant carotid thrombosis overlying mild atherosclerotic plaque and propose a novel stroke mechanism: COVID-associated carotid atherothrombosis.
ABBREVIATIONS:
- ACE2
- angiotensin-converting enzyme 2
- CCA
- common carotid artery
- COVID-19
- coronavirus disease 2019
- RT-PCR
- reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction
- SARS-CoV-2
- Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus 2
Footnotes
Drs Esenwa and Cheng contributed equally as primary authors.
Disclosures: Ava Liberman—RELATED: Grant: National Institutes of Health, Comments: The Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23).* Seon-Kyu Lee—UNRELATED: Consultancy: GraftWorks; Grants/Grants Pending: National Institutes of Health grants, Comments: 1 R21 CA205892-01, 1 R21 EB022291-01. David Altschul—UNRELATED: Consultancy: MicroVention. *Money paid to the institution.
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