Postpartum Cardiomyopathy (31.10.2008)

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Peripartum or postpartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a serious disease of poorly understood etiology. It is characterized by rapid onset heart failure during the final weeks of pregnancy or up to 6 months postpartum. The clinical picture of PPCM has the...