SYMPTOMS
COVID-19 caused strokes in young people who had mild coronavirus symptoms, NYC doctors say
Over a two-week period, Mount Sinai doctors reported five patients who suffered large vessel strokes in patients under the age of 50, according to letter they published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).
All five patients tested positive for COVID-19 but had very mild to no symptoms.
“That creates a big alarm,” said Dr. J Mocco, director of the Cerebrovascular Center at Mount Sinai and one of the letter’s authors. “Our spider sense goes up to say that there’s something not right here....
...Mocco said these stroke patients in New York were 15 years younger than the normal stroke population, had no risk factors and were statistically more likely to be male.”
https://news.yahoo.com/covid-19-caused-strokes-young-150005261.html
MEDCRAM Lecture
April 29
Dr. Roger Seheult
Coronavirus Pandemic Update 63: Is COVID-19 a Disease of the Endothelium (Blood Vessels and Clots)?
Dr. Seheult explains the theory that seems most plausible to us here at MedCram.com: That COVID-19 is primarily a disease of the endothelium (the single layer of cells that line blood and lymphatic vessels). This hypothesis helps explain the increase in cardiovascular complications from COVID-19: strokes, myocardial infarctions, thromboembolism (pulmonary embolism, DVTs, and other blood clots), as well as many critical patients who do not appear to have classic ARDS symptoms (and have relatively normal lung compliance etc. as observed by the research of Dr. Gattinoni in Italy and others). A deep understanding of this theory requires a review of some foundational biochemistry including the electron transport chain and ATP - the energy currency of the body.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aj2vB_VITXQ
CME ALERT:
Join Dr. Seheult for a live webcast, question and answer session, and free CME on Thursday, April 30 (4 PM ET): https://www.medcram.com/pages/covid-19-webinar