Acute COVID-19 and the Incidence of Ischemic Stroke and Acute Myocardial Infarction

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology (D.M., C.S.-P., M.C.H.L., K.G.S., M.S., M.L., G.G., T.B.-S.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (B.C., S.D.S.).
³ Respiratory Medicine Section, Department of Internal Medicine (J.U.S.J.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Herlev & Gentofte Hospital, and Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences (J.U.S.J., M.S., L.K., G.G.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁵ Sinai Health System and the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada (M.F.).
⁶ Department of Biostatistics (T.G.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁷ Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet (E.L.F., L.K.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁸ The Danish Heart Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark (M.P.).
⁹ Unit of Clinical Biostatistics and Epidemiology (K.H.K.), Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark.
¹⁰ Department of Cardiology (K.H.K.), Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark.
¹¹ Department of Clinical Research, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark (M.P.A., C.T.-P.).
¹² Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (T.B.-S.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

Daniel Modin et al. Circulation. 2020.

. 2020 Nov 24;142(21):2080-2082.

doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.050809. Epub 2020 Oct 15.

¹ Department of Cardiology (D.M., C.S.-P., M.C.H.L., K.G.S., M.S., M.L., G.G., T.B.-S.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
² Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Medicine Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (B.C., S.D.S.).
³ Respiratory Medicine Section, Department of Internal Medicine (J.U.S.J.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁴ Herlev & Gentofte Hospital, and Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences (J.U.S.J., M.S., L.K., G.G.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁵ Sinai Health System and the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada (M.F.).
⁶ Department of Biostatistics (T.G.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁷ Department of Cardiology, Rigshospitalet (E.L.F., L.K.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
⁸ The Danish Heart Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark (M.P.).
⁹ Unit of Clinical Biostatistics and Epidemiology (K.H.K.), Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark.
¹⁰ Department of Cardiology (K.H.K.), Aalborg University Hospital, Denmark.
¹¹ Department of Clinical Research, Nordsjaellands Hospital, Hillerød, Denmark (M.P.A., C.T.-P.).
¹² Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences (T.B.-S.), University of Copenhagen, Denmark.

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Keywords: COVID-19; ischemia; myocardial infarction; stroke.

Conflict of interest statement

None.

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