Research pointers: risk of subsequent thromboembolism for patients with pre-eclampsia
van Walraven C,
Mamdani M,
Cohn A,
Katib Y,
Walker M,
Rodger M.
Research pointers: risk of subsequent thromboembolism for patients with pre-eclampsia.BMJ.
2003;
326 (7393): 791-792.
Inherited thrombophilias affect over 16% of people and predispose them to venous thromboembolism.Pre-eclampsia is associatedwith occlusion of the placental spiral arteries.Thrombophiliasmay cause thrombosis of placental vessels,thereby explainingthe link between thrombophilia and pre-eclampsia. This study testedthe hypothesis that women with pre-eclampsia have a higher riskof subsequent venousthromboembolism.
