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June 1, 1957CirculationOpen Access

Idiopathic Myocardial Failure in the Last Trimester of Pregnancy and the Puerperium

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Population

15 cases of congestive heart failure due to unexplained myocardial disease in the last trimester of…

Design

Case_series

Authors

WMWilliam R. MeadowsWomen & Children's Hospital of Buffalo

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Implication

Alerts to recurrence risk in subsequent pregnancies; leaves open contemporary incidence validation in diverse populations.

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Population
15 cases of congestive heart failure due to unexplained myocardial disease in the last trimester of pregnancy and the puerperium
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Outcome
Clinical observations and necropsy findings

This early case series describes the clinical and pathological features of what is now known as peripartum cardiomyopathy, highlighting its incidence and tendency to recur in subsequent pregnancies.

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William R. Meadows (1957) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a8c06ef2ff0ab4f91e962a1https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.15.6.903

Topics

Heart failureHFrEF treatment
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