Pregnancy outcomes in women with dilated cardiomyopathy: Peripartum cardiovascular events predict post delivery prognosis.

CONCLUSIONS: DCM women with pre-pregnancy LVEF over 30% tolerated pregnancy, but the rate of preterm delivery was high. Peripartum cardiovascular events occurred more often in women with NYHA class II, as well as those who received medications before and during pregnancy and showed more elevated BNP and advanced diastolic dysfunction before pregnancy. Beta-blockers likely allowed similar outcomes for DCM patients with lower initial LVEFs. Close monitoring later in life is required, particularly among the women with peripartum cardiac events.
PMID: 32739112 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Journal of Cardiology - July 29, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Yokouchi-Konishi T, Kamiya CA, Shionoiri T, Nakanishi A, Iwanaga N, Izumi C, Yasuda S, Yoshimatsu J Tags: J Cardiol Source Type: research