One option:
[rows, cols] = size(A);
indices = (1:cols+rows)*rows - (0:rows-1)'*(rows+1);
indices = indices(indices > 0 & indices <= numel(A));
A(indices)
Require R2016b or later for the implicit expansion of the subtraction
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