Burden, predictors and short-term outcomes of peripartum cardiomyopathy in a black African cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is an idiopathic cardiomyopathy presenting with acute heart failure during the peripartum period. It is common in patients of African ancestry. Currently, there is paucity of data on the burden, predictors and outcomes of PPCM in Uganda. This study aimed to investigate the prevalence, predictors and six-month outcomes of PPCM in an adult cohort attending a tertiary specialised cardiology centre in Kampala, Uganda.

Methods

This study consecutively enrolled 236 women presenting with features of acute heart failure in the peripartum period. Clinical evaluation and echocardiography were performed on all the enrolled women. PCCM was defined according to recommendations of the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiolo

SUBMITTER: Nabbaale J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7577461 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature