Disparities in death rates in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy between advanced and developing countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Disparities in death rates in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy between advanced and developing countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Arch Cardiovasc Dis. 2018 Dec 26;: Authors: Kerpen K, Koutrolou-Sotiropoulou P, Zhu C, Yang J, Lyon JA, Lima FV, Stergiopoulos K Abstract There is limited information about differences in maternal deaths from peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) between advanced and developing countries. To review the literature to define the global prevalence of death from PPCM, and to determine the differences in PPCM mortality rates and risk factors between advanced and developing countries. Studies in the English language reporting mortality data on patients with PPCM were included from searches of MEDLINE, Embase, CINAHL, the Cochrane Library, the Web of Science Core Collection and Scopus from 01 January 2000 to 11 May 2016. Of the 4294 articles identified, 1.07% were included. The primary outcome was death; rates of heart transplant, acute myocardial infarction, heart failure, arrhythmia, cerebrovascular events, embolism and cardiac arrest were recorded. Studies were categorized as having been conducted in advanced or developing countries. Data from 46 studies, 4925 patients and 13 countries were included. There were 22 studies from advanced countries (n=3417) and 24 from developing countries (n=1508); mean follow-up was 2.6 (range 0-8.6) years. Overall mortality prevalence was 9% (95% confidence i...
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