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Table 2 Search terms used in the full systematic literature search

From: The risk of cardiovascular disease in women after miscarriage, stillbirth, and therapeutic abortion: a protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis

Exposure

“Spontaneous Abortion” “Habitual Abortion” “Recurrent Abortion” “Recurrent Miscarriage” “Habitual Miscarriage” “Miscarriage” “Foetal Death” “Fetal Death” “Pregnancy Loss” “therapeutic abortion” “still birth*” “still-birth*” “stillbirth*” “still born*” “abortion*” “induced abortion*”

Outcome

“Cardiovascular Disease” “Coronary Artery Disease” “Myocardial Infarction” “Heart Attack” “Coronary Heart Disease” “Ischemic Heart Disease” “Ischaemic Heart Disease” “Stroke” “Transient Ischemic Attack” “Transient Ischaemic Attack” “Vascular Accident” “Apoplexy” “cerebrovascular disease*” “TIA” “CVA” “cva” “CVD” “cardio-vascular disease” “Coronary Artery Bypass Graft”

  1. Non-underlined text: search terms from 2013 review and meta-analysis
  2. Underlined text: additional search terms included in this review