Key result
Maternal moyamoya disease is linked to a ~19% rate of hypertensive disorders and frequent cesareans.
Why the study?
Moyamoya disease in pregnancy is clinically rare and poorly understood, necessitating analysis of clinical characteristics over time.
Observational (n=62)
No
Pregnant women with moyamoya disease have a high incidence of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and require careful peripartum management.
May inform peripartum counseling in moyamoya disease; leaves open optimal strategies pending prospective data.
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Aoyama et al. (2020) conducted an observational in Moyamoya disease in pregnancy (n=62). Moyamoya disease was evaluated on Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy. Pregnancies in women with moyamoya disease were associated with high rates of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (19.2%) and cesarean sections (96.2%), with a 2.6% rate of cerebral infarction.
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