id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-264504-nnvof29x Malentacchi, Maria Concomitant brain arterial and venous thrombosis in a COVID‐19 patient 2020-06-05 .txt text/plain 822 53 41 COVID‐19 infection can cause a severe pneumonia which, in some cases, can lead to admission in intensive care unit for respiratory support.(1) In severe cases, systemic thrombotic complication has been described, including cerebrovascular disease (5.7‐23% of cases).(2,3) COVID-19 infection can cause a severe pneumonia which, in some cases, can lead to admission in intensive care unit for respiratory support. Our case underlines that one of the main causes for clinical deterioration and death during COVID-19 infection is coagulopathy that can involve both arterial and venous systems. [2] [3] 5 As far as we know, the simultaneous occurrence of venous and arterial thrombosis of the brain has not been described yet, and it could represent an important cause of neurological impairment in patients affected by COVID-19: prompt execution of neuroradiological examination of the Accepted Article parenchyma and post-contrast imaging of both arterial and venous systems could allow to perform a correct diagnosis and to apply the more appropriate treatment strategy. ./cache/cord-264504-nnvof29x.txt ./txt/cord-264504-nnvof29x.txt