Stroke in pregnancy and the puerperium

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 84, Issue 991, 2008, Pages 238-245

  Treadwell, S D ^a   Thanvi, B ^b   Robinson, T G ^c  

^a LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c LEICESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BROMOCRIPTINE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; ERGOMETRINE; GADOLINIUM; GLUCOCORTICOID; HEPARIN; HYDRALAZINE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING AGENT; VASODILATOR AGENT; WARFARIN;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BRAIN ARTERY ANEURYSM RUPTURE; BRAIN VEIN; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; DELIVERY; ECLAMPSIA; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HUMAN; HYPERCOAGULABILITY; INCIDENCE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MATERNAL HYPERTENSION; MATERNAL MORTALITY; OCCLUSIVE CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; PARADOXICAL EMBOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PATIENT CARE; POSTPARTUM CEREBRAL ANGIOPATHY; PREECLAMPSIA; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERIUM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEIZURE; STROKE; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANEURYSM, RUPTURED; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CEREBRAL VEINS; EMBOLISM, PARADOXICAL; FEMALE; FORAMEN OVALE, PATENT; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL ANEURYSM; INTRACRANIAL THROMBOSIS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, CARDIOVASCULAR; PROGNOSIS; PUERPERAL DISORDERS; STROKE; THROMBOLYTIC THERAPY; VENOUS THROMBOSIS;

EID: 45249095421     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2007.066167     Document Type: Review

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