Table 1.1.

Risk factors for maternal stroke

Nonpregnancy-specific		Pregnancy-specific
Modifiable •Smoking and other drug use • Diabetes • Hypertension • Cardiac disease (structural, arrhythmias) • Arterial disease • Patent foramen ovale • Migraine • Infection • Malignancy	Nonmodifiable • Age • Race • Socioeconomic status • Genetic stroke and hypercoagulable syndromes	• Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (gestational hypertension, preeclampsia/eclampsia, HELLP) • Assisted reproductive technology (ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome) • Cesarean section • Postpartum cerebral angiopathy • Peripartum cardiomyopathy • Amniotic fluid embolism • Sheehan syndrome • Metastatic choriocarcinoma • Age • Race/socioeconomic status • Genetic stroke and hypercoagulable syndromes