The placental bed vascular pathology revisited: a risk indicator for cardiovascular disease.
Ivo BrosensMarisa BenagianoPatrick PuttemansMario M D'EliosGiuseppe BenagianoPublished in: The journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians (2017)
An increased risk of future cardiovascular disease, should be linked to atherosis or, at a later stage, atherosclerosis of utero-placental spiral arteries, rather than to that of decidual basal arteries.