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Women who develop peripartum cardiomyopathy are likely to have poor outcomes in subsequent pregnancies, even if left ventricular function returned to normal after the disorder resolved, a recent study suggests.
Most women recover from peripartum cardiomyopathy--defined as heart failure of unknown etiology that develops during pregnancy or the postpartum period--but data on subsequent pregnancies are limited. There is "no consensus regarding recommendations for future pregnancies," said Dr. Uri Elkayam and his associates at the University of ...