Peripartum cardiomyopathy is an idiopathic cardiomyopathy presenting with heart failure
secondary to left ventricular systolic dysfunction towards the end of pregnancy or in the …

Introduction The primary concern for women who have experienced peripartum
cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is the safety of a subsequent pregnancy (SSP). To maximie …

Introduction 3. Cardiac imaging in clinical myocarditis 3.1. Echocardiography 3.2. Magnetic
resonance imaging 3.3. Nuclear imaging 4. Chagasic myocarditis and cardiomyopathy 5 …

Background: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a type of heart failure, secondary to left
ventricular systolic dysfunction, that develops around the time of pregnancy. The incidence …

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a myocardial disease process which occurs in young women
either in late pregnancy or the early postpartum period. Due to the young age of women …

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is an enigmatic disease about which our knowledge is
primarily descriptive, with little real understanding of the pathophysiology of the condition. It …

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a dilated cardiomyopathy that occurs in the peripartum period.
Heart failure had been known of since the eighteenth century but was first described in 1937 …

The sudden onset of heart failure in the puerperium is devastating as it can transform a
previously healthy woman to life-threatening illness and a young family from joy to tragedy …

Definida antiguamente como cualquier proceso inflamatorio o degenerativo que afectase al
miocardio, no es extraño que muchas enfermedades de etiología desconocida fueran …

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a type of cardiomyopathy found in pregnancy and up to 5
months after delivery. There is no identifiable cause for myocardial dysfunction in these …