Placental Findings in Postpartum Preeclampsia: A Comparative Retrospective Study.
Agnès DitisheimBaha SibaiNina TatevianPublished in: American journal of perinatology (2019)
There were no significant differences for decidual arteriolopathy and villous infarcts among postpartum preeclampsia, late-onset preeclampsia, and the controls. This suggests that postpartum preeclampsia is more of a maternal disease in which the placenta may act as a priming effect in predisposed mothers and becomes clinically apparent after delivery.