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  1. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy | American Heart Association

    May 28, 2024 · Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), also known as postpartum cardiomyopathy, is an uncommon form of heart failure that happens towards the end of pregnancy or in the …

  2. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - StatPearls - NCBI Bookshelf

    Feb 20, 2025 · Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare cause of cardiomyopathy that occurs during late pregnancy or the early postpartum period. This condition can be life-threatening …

  3. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Symptoms & Treatment

    Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare condition that weakens your heart muscle. This lowers your heart’s ability to pump blood to the rest of your body, which can be life-threatening. This …

  4. Peripartum cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

    Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a form of dilated cardiomyopathy that is defined as a deterioration in cardiac function presenting typically between the last month of pregnancy and …

  5. What Is Postpartum Cardiomyopathy - WebMD

    Jul 19, 2025 · Because your heart problems happen around childbirth, it's also called peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM). Your lower left heart chamber (ventricle) grows larger and pumps …

  6. What a Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Diagnosis Means for Your …

    Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare but serious form of heart disease that can appear sometime in the first five to six months after you've given birth or during the last month of …

  7. PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY NETWORK PPCM Heart Failure …

    The Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Network (PCN) is a network of physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants and nurses at clinical sites across the United States and Canada …

  8. What Is Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)? - Everyday Health

    Apr 7, 2025 · Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare condition that weakens the heart, starting in the last month of pregnancy or within the first five months after the baby's birth. In …

  9. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy | New England Journal of Medicine

    Jan 10, 2024 · Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a form of acute and sometimes severe cardiac degeneration that leads to clinical heart failure during pregnancy or in the early postpartum …

  10. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Review: Key Points - American …

    Jan 11, 2024 · PPCM is maternal heart failure with systolic dysfunction (left ventricular ejection fraction [LVEF] <45%) that develops in the last month of pregnancy or the first 5 months …