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cord-309360-cpis1l4u	Barrios-López, J. M.	Ischaemic stroke and SARS-CoV-2 infection: A causal or incidental association?	2020-05-28		.txt	text/plain	3152	235	42	Results: The association between COVID-19 and stroke was probably causal in 2 patients, who presented cortical infarcts and had no relevant arterial or cardioembolic disease, but did show signs of hypercoagulability and systemic inflammation in laboratory analyses. A recent study described the cases of 3 patients with COVID-19 who presented ischaemic stroke and antiphospholipid antibodies, in addition to elevated D-dimer levels and laboratory markers of systemic inflammation. 7 A recent study reported 3 cases of severe COVID-19 and ischaemic stroke; these patients presented antiphospholipid antibodies and laboratory findings compatible with systemic inflammation and coagulopathy. 19 In patients 1 and 2 of our series (Table 1) , the likelihood of a causal relationship between COVID-19 and stroke is high, as these patients presented laboratory markers of systemic inflammation and hypercoagulability and the aetiological study found no evident cause for ischaemic stroke.	./cache/cord-309360-cpis1l4u.txt	./txt/cord-309360-cpis1l4u.txt