Global COVID-19 registry finds strokes associated with COVID-19 are more severe, have worse outcomes and higher mortality

Patients with COVID-19 who have an acute ischemic stroke (AIS) experience more severe strokes, have worse functional outcomes and are more likely to die of stroke than AIS patients who do not have COVID-19. The wide range of complications associated with COVID-19 likely explain the worse outcomes.

from Health & Medicine News -- ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/07/200710131516.htm