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Peculiarity of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

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Zeine El Abasse*, Zahidi Hatim Amine, Yassine Tagmouti, Leila Azzouzi and Rachida Habbal

Background: PeriPartum CardioMyopathy (PPCM) is a rare, unrecognized and a life-threatening pregnancy-associated disease. It is established as left ventricular dysfunction occurring in the last month of pregnancy or the first 5 months postpartum in the absence of known aetiology or pre-existing heart disease. Recent studies suggest an incidence of 1 case per 300 live births in Haiti compared to 1 case per 3000 to 4000 live births in USA. The reasons of this variation between countries remain unknown, but still data are poor concerning incidence of PPCM because of the few population based registries. According to Sliwa et al., age, multiparity and toxaemia or pregnancy hypertension have been suggested as the main risk factors of PPCM. We have conducted a four year retrospective study to ... view more»

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