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Letter to the Editor
Volume 10, Number 5, October 2020, pages 203-206
COVID-19-Related Acute Ischemic Stroke in Young Adults: What Is the Optimal Antithrombotic Regimen for Secondary Prevention?
Table
Authors | Country | Type of article | Age (years)/sex | Secondary prevention | |
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M: male; F: female; NR: not reported. | |||||
1 | Yaghi et al, 2020 [2] | USA | Case Series | 40, 40, 50, 50, 50; sex: NR | Anticoagulant |
2 | Oxley et al, 2020 [3] | USA | Case series | 33/F; 37/M | Apixaban 5 mg twice daily |
3 | Fara et al, 2020 [4] | USA | Case series | 33/F | Aspirin plus clopidogrel then switched to apixaban 5 mg twice daily |
4 | Ashrafi et al, 2020 [8] | Iran | Case series | 33/F; 39/M; 40/M | Aspirin plus clopidogrel |
5 | Deliwala et al, 2020 [9] | USA | Case report | 31/F | Aspirin |
6 | Reddy et al, 2020 [10] | USA | Case series | 47/M; 39/F | Antiplatelet |
7 | Franceschi et al, 2020 [11] | USA | Case series | 33/M; 37/F | Anticoagulant (one of them received argatroban) |
Total | 16 patients | Anticoagulant: 10; dual antiplatelet: 3; single antiplatelet: 3 |