Women face a disproportionate burden of stroke mortality and disability. Biologic sex and
sociocultural gender both contribute to differences in stroke risk factors, assessment …

Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the National
Institutes of Health and other government agencies, brings together in a single document the …

Summary Each year, the American Heart Association (AHA), in conjunction with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, and other government …

Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy serve as risk factors for both ischemic and
hemorrhagic strokes in pregnancy. A crosssectional study of≈ 82 000 000 pregnancy …

Methods The following terms were searched with women and stroke in PubMed and Google
Scholar, mainly for original articles and metaanalysis/systematic reviews: estrogens …

6 Hypertension July 2019 includes regulation of neurovascular coupling, the process by
which cerebral blood flow responds at the capillary level to increased neuronal metabolic …

Background Acute stroke during pregnancy or within 6 weeks of childbirth is devastating for
the mother and her family, yet data regarding incidence and contemporary trends are very …

Objective/Background Migraine is associated with ischemic stroke. Women are 3‐fold as
likely as men to have migraine, and high estrogen states increase the risk of migraine with …

OBJETIVO: Identificar los factores predisponentes de preeclampsia severa. MATERIALES Y
MÉTODOS: Estudio retrospectivo, observacional, analítico, de casos y controles, efectuado …

Background Preeclampsia and gestational hypertension are hypertensive disorders of
pregnancy (HDP) that identify an increased risk of developing chronic hypertension and …