Initial Right Ventricular Dysfunction Severity Identifies Severe Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Phenotype With Worse Early and Overall Outcomes: A 24‐Year Cohort Study

Initial Right Ventricular Dysfunction Severity Identifies Severe Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Phenotype With Worse Early and Overall Outcomes: A 24‐Year Cohort Study

BackgroundOutcomes in peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) vary. We sought to determine whether severity of left or right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) at PPCM diagnosis differentially associates with adverse outcomes. Methods and ResultsWe conducted a single‐center retrospective cohort study of 53 pati...

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Main Authors: Andrew Peters, Mara Caroline, Huaqing Zhao, Matthew R. Baldwin, Paul R. Forfia, Emily J. Tsai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-05-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
Subjects:
long‐term outcome
peripartum cardiomyopathy
right ventricular dysfunction
Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.117.008378

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