{"title":"Stroke","authors":"S. Ozturk","doi":"10.36255/exonpublications.stroke.2021","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36255/exonpublications.stroke.2021","url":null,"abstract":"The risk factors for stroke increase with age. During the pandemic, the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) has become another risk factor for stroke. Although in its infancy, emerging data suggest that COVID-19 not only increases the risk of stroke, especially in the elderly, but also its severity. Thromboembolic events leading to a hypercoagulative state appear to be the leading mechanism. This chapter provides an overview of our current knowledge of COVID-19 being a risk factor for stroke. The epidemiology, risk factors, pathology, and mechanisms of COVID-19-mediated stroke are discussed from a neurological perspective.","PeriodicalId":285004,"journal":{"name":"Exon Publications. Chapter","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123279819","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}