Pathophysiology and risk factors of peripartum cardiomyopathy

MF Hoes, Z Arany, J Bauersachs… - Nature Reviews …, 2022 - nature.com
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a potentially fatal form of idiopathic heart failure with
variable prevalence across different countries and ethnic groups. The cause of PPCM is …

Pathophysiology and epidemiology of peripartum cardiomyopathy

D Hilfiker-Kleiner, K Sliwa - Nature reviews cardiology, 2014 - nature.com
Cardiovascular diseases are a major cause of complications in pregnancy worldwide, and
the number of patients who develop cardiac problems during pregnancy is increasing …

Molecular mechanisms of peripartum cardiomyopathy: a vascular/hormonal hypothesis

NA Bello, Z Arany - Trends in cardiovascular medicine, 2015 - Elsevier
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is characterized by the development of systolic heart
failure in the last month of pregnancy or within the first 5 months postpartum. The disease …

Peripartum cardiomyopathy: basic mechanisms and hope for new therapies

M Ricke-Hoch, TJ Pfeffer… - Cardiovascular …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a life-threatening cardiomyopathy characterized by
acute or slow progression of left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction (LV ejection fraction of< …

Understanding peripartum cardiomyopathy

Z Arany - Annual review of medicine, 2018 - annualreviews.org
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is the unexplained loss of maternal cardiac systolic
function in the period surrounding parturition. PPCM affects women worldwide and is a …

Peripartum cardiomyopathy: current management and future perspectives

D Hilfiker-Kleiner, A Haghikia, J Nonhoff… - European heart …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Pregnancy is associated with marked physiological changes challenging the cardiovascular
system. Among the more severe pregnancy associated cardiovascular complications …

Current state of knowledge on aetiology, diagnosis, management, and therapy of peripartum cardiomyopathy: a position statement from the Heart Failure Association …

K Sliwa, D Hilfiker-Kleiner, MC Petrie… - European journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a cause of pregnancy-associated heart failure. It
typically develops during the last month of, and up to 6 months after, pregnancy in women …

[HTML][HTML] Peripartum cardiomyopathy and dilated cardiomyopathy: different at heart

IAE Bollen, ED Van Deel, DWD Kuster… - Frontiers in …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a severe cardiac disease occurring in the last month
of pregnancy or in the first 5 months after delivery and shows many similar clinical …

Reviewing peripartum cardiomyopathy: current state of knowledge

T Selle, I Renger, S Labidi, I Bultmann… - Future …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a serious, potentially life-threatening heart disease of
unknown etiology in previously healthy women that develops between the last month of …

Peripartum cardiomyopathy: a systematic literature review

AS Ersbøll, P Damm, F Gustafsson… - Acta obstetricia et …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Introduction Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare but potentially fatal disease
defined by heart failure towards the end of pregnancy or in the months following delivery …