Peripartum cardiomyopathy: progress in understanding the etiology, management, and prognosis
KJ Lindley, AK Verma, LA Blauwet - Heart failure clinics, 2019 - heartfailure.theclinics.com
First described in the literature in the 1800s, peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) was
observed but not well understood for decades (Table 1). 1–4 The term “peripartum
cardiomyopathy” was first coined and diagnostic criteria first published in 1971. 5 The
diagnostic criteria were further refined by a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and
Office of Rare Diseases (National Institutes of Health) workshop in 2000 6 and modified by
the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on …
observed but not well understood for decades (Table 1). 1–4 The term “peripartum
cardiomyopathy” was first coined and diagnostic criteria first published in 1971. 5 The
diagnostic criteria were further refined by a National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and
Office of Rare Diseases (National Institutes of Health) workshop in 2000 6 and modified by
the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on …