Peripartum and Dilated Cardiomyopathies

In this compilation, the authors discuss peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a rare but serious form of heart failure affecting women in the last month of pregnancy or early postpartum. It is diagnosed by documented left ventricular systolic dysfunction in the absence of another demonstrable cause in a previously healthy woman. Prognosis is variable and appears to be positively related to reversal o...