Venous thromboembolic disease and pregnancy
Borg, J.Y.
La Revue du Praticien 46(10): 1229-1233
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0035-2640 PMID: 8763677 Document Number: 459526
Venous thrombo-embolic disease is the most common cause of maternal death during pregnancy. Haemodynamic, anatomical and biological changes support the notion that normal pregnancy in a prethrombotic state. But thrombotic events remain unusual episodes. A pre-thrombotic disease has to be investigated in such cases. Accurate diagnosis of deep vein thrombosis or pulmonary embolism is imperative, using non-invasive approaches. Heparin is the anticoagulant of choice to treat objective thrombosis. Thrombo-embolism prophylaxis using compression stockings and heparin has to be discussed in hypercoagulable disorders.