Long‐Term Cardiac Function After Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and Preeclampsia: A Danish Nationwide, Clinical Follow‐Up Study Using Maximal Exercise Testing and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Background Long‐term clinical studies of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) are few. We aimed to measure the long‐term effect of PPCM on cardiac function in comparison with the long‐term effects of severe preeclampsia and uncomplicated pregnancy. Methods and Results A nationwide Danish cohort of women...

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Main Authors: Anne S. Ersbøll, Annemie S. Bojer, Maria G. Hauge, Marianne Johansen, Peter Damm, Finn Gustafsson, Niels G. Vejlstrup
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2018-10-01
Series:Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease
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Online Access:https://www.ahajournals.org/doi/10.1161/JAHA.118.008991