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- Title
Managing pregnancy-related stroke risk with known bilateral internal carotid artery webs.
- Authors
Thomas, Elin H; Woodward, Sarah; Ahmad, Shakeel
- Abstract
Carotid webs are intraluminal shelf-like projections caused by thickening of the arterial tunica intima. Due to their projections forming a nidus for thrombus formation and subsequent embolus, they are considered to be a rare cause of ischaemic strokes. We report a case of a woman with a background of recurrent ischaemic strokes due to bilateral carotid webs who presented with a twin pregnancy. We use this case to discuss how her pregnancy-related stroke risk was subsequently medically managed.
- Subjects
RISK assessment; COMBINATION drug therapy; MULTIPLE pregnancy; RARE diseases; CAROTID artery diseases; ISCHEMIC stroke; DISEASE relapse; PREGNANCY complications; PLATELET aggregation inhibitors
- Publication
Obstetric Medicine (1753-495X), 2024, Vol 17, Issue 1, p63
- ISSN
1753-495X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1753495X211037910