Heart Transplantation Outcomes in Adults with Postpartum Cardiomyopathy

Postpartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a prevalent cause of end-stage heart failure in women, from which about 10% will require heart transplantation. We aimed to further evaluate long-term heart transplant (HT) outcomes in this cohort of patients and compare them to all other heart transplant recipients.

Source: The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation - March 31, 2020 Category: Transplant Surgery Authors: P.A. Genyk, G.S. Liu, J. Nattiv, P. Banankhah, P. Kingsford, J.P. Li, A.M. Wolfson, D. Vucicevic, E.C. DePasquale, A.S. Vaidya Tags: (537) Source Type: research