Mount Sinai Health System: In COVID-19-Positive Stroke Patients, More Severe Strokes and Worse Outcomes Than in COVID-19-Negative Patients
December 09, 2020
December 09, 2020
NEW YORK, Dec. 9 (TNSJou) -- The Mount Sinai Health System issued the following news release:
COVID-19-positive stroke patients are more likely to experience stroke in areas of the brain that are associated with more severe strokes, to have worse outcomes, and to die in the hospital than COVID-19-negative stroke patients, according to a large, retrospective, observational study by experts from Mount Sinai Health System, published December 7 online in the journal Stroke.
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COVID-19-positive stroke patients are more likely to experience stroke in areas of the brain that are associated with more severe strokes, to have worse outcomes, and to die in the hospital than COVID-19-negative stroke patients, according to a large, retrospective, observational study by experts from Mount Sinai Health System, published December 7 online in the journal Stroke.
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