What Do We Know about Peripartum Cardiomyopathy? Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.

ABSTRACT: Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a disease that occurs during or after pregnancy and leads to a significant decline in cardiac function in previously healthy women. Peripartum cardiomyopathy has a varying prevalence among women depending on the part of the world where they live, but it is associated with a significant mortality and morbidity in this population. Therefore, timely diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of this disease from its onset are of utmost importance. Although many risk factors are associated with the occurrence of peripartum cardiomyopathy, such as conditions of life, age of the woman, nutrient deficiencies, or multiple pregnancies, the exact cause of its onset remains unknown. Advances in research on the genetic associations with cardiomyopathies have provided a wealth of

SUBMITTER: Lasica R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11477285 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature