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Imaging-Based Risk Stratification for Recurrence Risk in Women with a History of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy.

Marwan Ma'ayehJeremy A SlivnickMonique E McKieverZachary D GarrettWoobeen LimMichael CackovicKara M RoodElisa A Bradley
Published in: American journal of perinatology (2021)
· Peripartum cardiomyopathy affects 1:1000 US pregnancies.. · Approximately one third of women with a history of peripartum cardiomyopathy developed recurrent disease in a subsequent pregnancy. · A left ventricular ejection fraction ≥52% or global longitudinal strain ≤-16 on echocardiogram is associated with a low risk of recurrence.
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