Table 2.
Published causes of ischemic stroke during pregnancy.
| Etiologies of ischemic stroke |
Preeclampsia/ eclampsia (%) |
CNS vasculopathy (%) |
Arterial dissection (%) |
TTP/DIC (%) |
Thrombophilia (%) |
Amniotic fluid embolism (%) |
Cardioembolic (%) |
Atherosclerosis (lacune) (%) |
Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kittner et al., n (%) (total n = 17) |
4 (24) | 3 (18) | 1 (6) | 1 (6) | – | – | – | – | [1] |
| Sharshar et al., n (%) (total n = 15) |
7 (47) | 1 (7) | 1 (7) | – | 1 (7) | 1 (7) | – | – | [8] |
| Jaigobin et al., n (%) (total n = 21) |
6 (29) | – | 1 (5) | – | 5 (24) | – | 4 (19) | – | [11] |
| Jeng et al., n (%) (total = 27) |
1 (4) | – | – | – | 10 (37) | – | 9 (33) | – | [20] |
| Liang et al., n (%) (total n = 11) |
2 (18) | – | – | – | – | 1 (9) | 4 (36) | 1 (9) | [12] |
DIC: Disseminated intravascular coagulation; TIP: Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura.