Clinical Outcomes for Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in North America

• Published in: Journal of the American College of Cardiology Vol. 66; no. 8; pp. 905 - 914
• Main Authors: McNamara, Dennis M., Elkayam, Uri, Alharethi, Rami, Damp, Julie, Hsich, Eileen, Ewald, Gregory, Modi, Kalgi, Alexis, Jeffrey D., Ramani, Gautam V., Semigran, Marc J., Haythe, Jennifer, Markham, David W., Marek, Josef, Gorcsan, John, Wu, Wen-Chi, Lin, Yan, Halder, Indrani, Pisarcik, Jessica, Cooper, Leslie T., Fett, James D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Elsevier Inc 25.08.2015; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Blood pressure; Body mass index; Cardiology; Cardiomyopathy; Cardiovascular; Clinical outcomes; Demographics; Diabetes; Heart attacks; heart failure; Heart rate; Hypertension; Laboratories; Mortality; Multivariate analysis; myocardial recovery; Pathogenesis; Pregnancy; race; remodeling; Studies; Variables; Womens health; ΔLVEF; heart failure; remodeling; race; myocardial recovery; LVEF; LV; LVEDD; BP; LVAD; BMI; PPCM; blood pressure; body mass index; left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; left ventricular ejection fraction; change in left ventricular ejection fraction; left ventricular; left ventricular assist device; peripartum cardiomyopathy

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) remains a major cause of maternal morbidity and mortality. This study sought to prospectively evaluate recovery of the left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and clinical outcomes in the multicenter IPAC (Investigations of Pregnancy Associated Cardiomyopathy) stud...