Promoting awareness of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) or pregnancy-associated cardiomyopathy (PAC) occurs all over the world and is one of the leading causes of maternal mortality [1,2]. It is very important to take note of the article in this issue of IJC [3] because it demonstrates the importance of peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) as overwhelmingly the most common cause of pregnancy-associated heart failure. This carefully documented report shows that over a 12-year time period (2003 –2014), 333/488 (68.2%) of those subjects from Southern California, USA, developed pregnancy-associated heart failure because of PPCM.
Source: International Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research