Key result
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare, potentially life-threatening condition of uncertain etiology that requires early recognition and a multidisciplinary approach for diagnosis and management.
Systematic Review
This review outlines the historical and current diagnostic criteria for peripartum cardiomyopathy, emphasizing the requirement of 4 specific criteria including echocardiographic findings.
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Alerts clinicians to prioritize early detection in peripartum women; reinforces multidisciplinary protocols while leaving etiology unresolved.
Cardiomyopathies -From Basic Research to Clinical Management 84 period for the diagnosis, and highlighted that other conditions, which may be revealed by pregnancy, labor or postpartum period, must be excluded In 1971, Demakis et al. described the natural history of 27 pregnant females who presented with cardiomegaly and congestive heart failure and defined the condition peripartum cardiomyopathy The investigators established 3 original diagnostic criteria, which were subsequently confirmed by the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute [NHLBI] and the Office of Rare Diseases of the National Institutes of Health [NIH] Workshop, and completed with an echocardiographic criterion The new definition based on the presence of 4 criteria is summarized in Table
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Aursulesei et al. (2012) conducted a systematic review in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare, potentially life-threatening condition of uncertain etiology that requires early recognition and a multidisciplinary approach for diagnosis and management.
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