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Published: April 29, 2021

Guidance on treatment for rare blood clots and low platelets related to COVID-19 vaccine

Risk of CVST blood clots 8-10 times higher following a COVID-19 infection as compared to the risk associated with a COVID-19 vaccine - Special Report from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association Stroke Council Leadership
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Karen L. Furie M.D., M.P.H.

Karen L. Furie, M.D., M.P.H., is chair of the department of neurology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and chief of neurology at Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and Bradley Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. 

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Karen L. Furie, M.D., M.P.H., is lead author of the special report, “Diagnosis and Management of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis with Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia,” published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association. She is chair of the department of neurology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and chief of neurology at Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and Bradley Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Karen L. Furie, M.D., M.P.H., is lead author of the special report, “Diagnosis and Management of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis with Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia,” published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association. She is chair of the department of neurology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and chief of neurology at Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and Bradley Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Karen L. Furie, M.D., M.P.H., is lead author of the special report, “Diagnosis and Management of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis with Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia,” published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association. She is chair of the department of neurology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and chief of neurology at Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and Bradley Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Karen L. Furie, M.D., M.P.H., is lead author of the special report, “Diagnosis and Management of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis with Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia,” published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association. She is chair of the department of neurology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and chief of neurology at Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and Bradley Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.

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Karen L. Furie, M.D., M.P.H., is lead author of the special report, “Diagnosis and Management of Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis with Vaccine-Induced Immune Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia,” published today in Stroke, a journal of the American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association. She is chair of the department of neurology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, and chief of neurology at Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and Bradley Hospital in Providence, Rhode Island.

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