Cerebrovascular disease after placental abruption

Objective

To test whether abruption during pregnancy is associated with long-term cerebrovascular disease by assessing the incidence and mortality from stroke among women with abruption.

Methods

We designed a population-based prospective cohort study of women who delivered in Denmark from 1978 to 2010. We used data from the National Patient Registry, Causes of Death Registry, and Danish Birth Registry to identify women with...