Increased risk of acute stroke among patients with severe COVID‐19: a multicenter study and meta‐analysis

Background and purpose Recent observations linked coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) to thromboembolic complications possibly mediated by increased blood coagulability and inflammatory endothelial impairment. We aimed to define the risk of acute stroke in patients with severe and non‐severe COVID‐19. Methods We performed an observational, multicenter cohort study in four participating hospitals in Saxony, Germany to characterize consecutive...