Impact of High-Risk Pregnancy on Peripartum Left Ventricular Function.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Predictors of the clinical characteristics of pregnant women at risk of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) remain unclear.

Methods and results

We enrolled 450 cases of high-risk pregnancy with any risk factor from among ≥35 years of age, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy (HDP), multiple gestation, or other systemic or obstetric complications except for a history of cardiac disease. All the women underwent echocardiography and plasma B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) measurement during the second/third trimester and the early/late postpartum period. Logistic regression analyses identified clinical factors associated with left ventricular (LV) dysfunction. The incidence of PPCM was 0.89%, which was higher than in previous reports. Early diastolic mitral annular veloc

SUBMITTER: Komoriya Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11807695 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature