Oct 15th, 2020

Pregnancy and Preeclampsia Are Associated With Acute Adverse Peripheral Arterial Events

Charles DeCarlo, Laura T. Boitano, Rose L. Molina, Ido Weinberg, Mark F. Conrad, Matthew J. Eagleton, Anahita Dua
Originally published 15 Oct 2020 | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology
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Abstract

Objective:

Acute peripheral arterial events, such as aortic dissection, carotid artery dissection, vertebral artery dissection, and ruptured renoviseral aneurysms, have been reported during pregnancy in case series, but there is a paucity of population-based data. This study sought to establish pregnancy and preeclampsia as risk factors for acute peripheral arterial events.

The complete article can be found at https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/ATVBAHA.120.315174.