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Cerebrovascular Complications of Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period

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Cerebrovascular complications of pregnancy, though uncommon, threaten women with severe morbidity or death, and they are the main causes of major long-term disability associated with pregnancy. In this review, we discuss the epidemiology, pathophysiology, presentation and diagnosis, and management and outcomes of ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke and cerebral venous thrombosis. We also discuss the posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome, the reversible cerebral vasoconstriction syndrome including postpartum cerebral angiopathy, and their relationship as overlapping manifestations of pre-eclampsia-eclampsia.

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Ali Razmara, Khamid Bakhadirov, Ayush Batra, and Steven K. Feske declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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  1. Fellow in Vascular Neurology, Massachusetts General and Brigham and Women’s Hospitals, Boston, MA, USA

    Ali Razmara & Khamid Bakhadirov

  2. Resident in Neurology, Brigham and Women’s and Massachusetts General Hospitals/Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Ayush Batra

  3. Neurology Department, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA, 02115, USA

    Steven K. Feske

  4. Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA

    Steven K. Feske

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Razmara, A., Bakhadirov, K., Batra, A. et al. Cerebrovascular Complications of Pregnancy and the Postpartum Period. Curr Cardiol Rep 16, 532 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11886-014-0532-1

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