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Objective

Scarcity of data exists concerning the potential association between pregnancy complications as early risk factor for atherothrombotic event. The aim of this study was to determine if adverse pregnancy outcomes can be added to the list of classical risk factors for atherothrombotic occlusive vascular disease (AOVD), in young women.

Study design

A retrospective questionnaire/case-control study. Study group included women aged< 50 years with an ICD-9 diagnosis of AOVD (a documented primary cerebrovascular, myocardial, or peripheral arterial ischemic events) who were treated between 1995 to 2004. Classical risk factors for AOVD and aspects of pregnancy outcome were compared with healthy women matched individually for age, parity and body mass index.

Results

1. Overall, 101 women with AOVD were identified, of them; 53 had a myocardial ischemic event, 33 a cerebrovascular event, and 15 a …