AHA/ASA volunteer expert Karen Furie M.D. offers perspective (via Skype) on ISC 19 abstract WMP86. She is chief of neurology at Rhode Island Hospital, The Miriam Hospital and Bradley Hospital, and serves as chair of the Department of Neurology at The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown in Providence, RI. copyright American Heart Association "Clinicians should be aware that the post partum period is an established high risk period for women in terms of stroke risk, and so women presenting even with subtle symptoms should undergo some type of brain imaging in order to pursue the potential diagnosis of stroke."