Key result
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare idiopathic form of heart failure affecting women during or after pregnancy, with an estimated incidence of 18 to 333 per 100,000 births.
Population
Women with peripartum cardiomyopathy during the last months of pregnancy or the first months after delivery
Design
Review
Authors
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Prompts inclusion in peripartum HF differentials; leaves open optimal pregnancy-adjusted therapies.
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare, idiopathic heart failure occurring peripartum, managed with pregnancy-adjusted standard heart failure therapies and potentially prolactin blockade.
Blauwet et al. (2011) conducted a review in Peripartum cardiomyopathy. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare idiopathic form of heart failure affecting women during or after pregnancy, with an estimated incidence of 18 to 333 per 100,000 births.
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