Treatment Patterns and Short-Term Outcomes in Ischemic Stroke in Pregnancy or Postpartum

Stroke is a rare but devastating event during pregnancy, occurring in 34/100,000 deliveries, and obstetricians are often the first providers to be contacted by symptomatic patients. At least half of pregnancy-related strokes are likely to be of the ischemic stroke subtype. Most pregnant or newly postpartum women with ischemic stroke do not receive acute stroke reperfusion therapy although this is the recommended treatment for adults. Little is known about these therapies in pregnant or postpartum women as pregnancy has been an exclusion criteria for all reperfusion trials.

Source: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology - December 17, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Lisa R. Leffert, Caitlin R. Clancy, Brian T. Bateman, Margueritte Cox, Phillip J. Schulte, Eric E. Smith, Gregg C. Fonarow, Elena V. Kuklina, Mary G. George, Lee H. Schwamm Source Type: research