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work_7yf4qwfjmvd5tocqawwezffaju	Dan Hurley	Sharp Increase in Large-Vessel Stroke Risk Seen In Young, Healthy COVID-19 Patients	2020		.pdf	text/html	3227	243	67	The report, in a letter to the editor of the New England Journal of Medicine published on April 28, described a two-week period in which five patients between the ages of 33 and 49 presented to the Mount Sinai Health System with new-onset symptoms of large vessel ischemic stroke. Some stroke neurologists at other hospitals around the country told Neurology Today they are seeing a similar trend, consistent with an increased risk of clots forming in other organ systems; they are now recommending that all patients with COVID-19 be treated with heparin or other therapy as a preventive measure. In just the two weeks since the Mount Sinai letter was submitted to the New England Journal of Medicine, three additional cases of large-vessel stroke in young patients with COVID-19 have presented to the hospital there, according to the letter's first author and neurologist Thomas J.	./cache/work_7yf4qwfjmvd5tocqawwezffaju.pdf	./txt/work_7yf4qwfjmvd5tocqawwezffaju.txt