Podcast 562:  COVID-19 Occlusions

<p><strong>Contributor: Nick Tsipis, MD</strong></p> <p><strong>Educational Pearls:</strong></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Case series reported 5 cases of generally young and healthy patients with COVID-19 who presented to the ER with acute stroke</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Now several case series showing cardiovascular involvement or complications related to COVID-19</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">While these case series may shed light on the nature of COVID-19 complications, it's worth remembering that so far these cases represent a few unique instances and we need more studies and data to pronounce COVID-19 infected patients at higher risk of thromboembolic events like strokes and heart attacks</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>References</strong></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Oxley, T.</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">et al.</span></em> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Large-Vessel Stroke as a Presenting Feature of Covid-19 in the Young. April 28, 2020. DOI: 10.1056/NEJMc2009787</span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Summarized by Jackson Roos, MS4 | Edited by Erik Verzemnieks, MD</span></em></span></p> <p><br /> <br /></p>