Stroke Recurrence and Pregnancy Outcomes in the Subsequent Pregnancies After Maternal Ischemic Stroke.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Maternal ischemic stroke (IS) might affect the course of subsequent pregnancies. We aimed to study stroke recurrence, other complications, and the implementation of secondary prevention in subsequent pregnancies of women with a prior maternal IS.

Methods

Women diagnosed with IS during pregnancy or puerperium in Finland during the years 1987 to 2016, and the data of subsequent pregnancies were collected from the Medical Birth Register and Hospital Discharge Register. Diagnoses were verified from medical records. Three matched controls without a maternal stroke were identified for each case.

Results

Data on subsequent pregnancies were available for 90 patients with maternal IS after excluding patients who died within 1 year. Patients with maternal IS less fre

SUBMITTER: Richardt A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12829494 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature