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Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Hilary Bews, Mahwash Saeed and Shuangbo Liu
CMAJ November 15, 2021 193 (45) E1733; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1503/cmaj.210468
Hilary Bews
Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
MDMahwash Saeed
Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
MDShuangbo Liu
Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Man.
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy
Hilary Bews, Mahwash Saeed, Shuangbo Liu
CMAJ Nov 2021, 193 (45) E1733; DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.210468
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- Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) presents with symptoms of heart failure, including dyspnea, orthopnea and pedal edema
- Echocardiography is critical for the diagnosis of PPCM and to exclude alternate causes of cardiac dysfunction
- Patients should be treated for heart failure with reduced LVEF, with important differences specific to pregnancy
- PPCM is associated with substantial morbidity and death
- Patients with a history of PPCM who become pregnant require urgent referral to an obstetrician and a cardiologist
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