id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt cord-345866-wy07gd17 Aghamohammadi, Mehdi Prophylactic anticoagulant therapy for reducing the risk of stroke and other thrombotic events in COVID-19 patients 2020-05-11 .txt text/plain 627 43 57 authors: Aghamohammadi, Mehdi; Alizargar, Javad; Hsieh, Nan-Chen; Wu, Shu-Fang Vivienne title: Prophylactic anticoagulant therapy for reducing the risk of stroke and other thrombotic events in COVID-19 patients Prophylactic anticoagulant therapy for reducing the risk of stroke and other thrombotic events in COVID-19 patients 3 on the effects of arterial and venous thromboembolic complications of COVID-19, including Venous Thromboembolism (VTE), Ischemic Stroke, Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS), and MI, was performed in the affected patients in a hospital in Milan, Italy. 4 recently reported five cases of large-vessel stroke in patients which were positive for COVID-19. Based on the information provided from Iran's Ministry of Health 5 , patients with COVID-19 are more likely to have thromboembolic events. The use of prophylaxis with Enoxaparin or Heparin in severe cases of COVID-19 or in patients with D-dimer level more than six times of normal levels has been reported to reduce mortality. ./cache/cord-345866-wy07gd17.txt ./txt/cord-345866-wy07gd17.txt