Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Position Statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Study Group on Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Bauersachs, Johann; König, Tobias; van der Meer, Peter; C. Petrie, Mark; Hilfiker‐Kleiner, Denise; Mbakwem, Amam; Hamdan, Righab; M. Jackson, Alice; Forsyth, Paul; A. de Boer, Rudolf; Mueller, Christian; R. Lyon, Alexander; H. Lund, Lars; Piepoli, Massimo; Heymans, Stéphane; Chioncel, Ovidiu; D. Anker, Stefan; Ponikowski, Piotr; Seferović, Petar; R. Johnson, Mark; Mebazaa, Alexandre; Sliwa, Karen

doi:10.1002/ejhf.1493

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Pathophysiology, Diagnosis and Management of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Position Statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Study Group on Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Published in European Journal of Heart Failure • Jun 27, 2019

Authors:

Johann Bauersachs

Tobias König

Peter van der Meer

Abstract

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a potentially life-threatening condition typically presenting as heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) in the last month of pregnancy or in the months following delivery in women without another known cause of heart failure. This updated position st...

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Medicine

Peripartum cardiomyopathy

Heart failure

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