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Table 3 Chronic clinicopathologic findings in decedents died from COVID-19 (N = 20)

From: Brain autopsies of critically ill COVID-19 patients demonstrate heterogeneous profile of acute vascular injury, inflammation and age-linked chronic brain diseases

Case#

Age (years), Sex

Dementia

Cardiovascular disease/risk factors

Chronic pathologic findings

Neuroimaging findings

Neurodegenerative

Vascular

Moderate-to severe WMH

Moderate-to severe EPVS

CMB presence

1

26M

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Yes

2

43M

No

No

No

No

No

No

No

3

46M

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

4

51M

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

5

60M

No

Yes

No

No

No

No

Yes

6

61F

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

7

63M

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

Yes

No

8

65F

No

No

No

No

No

No

Yes

9

66M

No

Yes

DLB limbic-type

Multiple infarcts

Yes

Yes

No

10

71M

Yes

Yes

DLB neocortical-type

No

No

No

No

11

71M

Yes

Yes

PD, DLB neocortical-type, and LATE-NC (stage 3)

No

Yes

Yes

Yes

12

72M

No

Yes

No

ATH, ART, and infarcts

Yes

Yes

Yes

13

72F

No

Yes

No

Multiple infarcts

Yes

Yes

Yes

14

77F

Yes

Yes

No

ART, CAA, and infarct

Yes

Yes

Yes

15

77M

No

Yes

DLB neocortical-type

Multiple infarcts

No

Yes

Yes

16

80M

Yes

Yes

AD and LATE-NC (stage 3)

Single infarct

Yes

Yes

Yes

17

81M

No

Yes

No

No

Yes

No

Yes

18

82M

No

Yes

No

ATH, infarct, and SAH

Yes

Yes

No

19

83F

No

Yes

AD and DLB neocortical-type

Single infarct

Yes

No

Yes

20

96F

Yes

No

AD and LATE-NC (stage 2)

ATH and ART

Yes

No

Yes

  1. AD Alzheimer disease; ART Arteriolosclerosis; ATH Atherosclerosis; CAA Cerebral amyloid angiopathy; CMB Cerebral microbleed; DLB Dementia with Lewy body disease; EPVS Enlarged perivascular space; LATE-NC Limbic predominant age related TDP-43 encephalopathy neuropathologic change; PD Parkinson disease; SAH Subarachnoid hemorrhage; WMH White matter hyperintensity