ArticleESC heart failure2015
Prognostic implication of right ventricular involvement in peripartum cardiomyopathy: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study.
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- Prevalence and associated outcomes of right ventricular dysfunction in peripartum cardiomyopathy: a systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression.Open heart · 2025Pooled it
- Meta-analysis of cardiac magnetic resonance in prognosticating left ventricular function in peripartum cardiomyopathy.ESC heart failure · 2025Pooled it
- Heart failure in pregnancy: what is the long-term impact of pregnancy on cardiac function? A tertiary care centre experience and systematic review.Open heart · 2021Pooled it
- Bromocriptine treatment in patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy and right ventricular dysfunction.Clinical research in cardiology : official journal of the German Cardiac Society · 2019Trial
- Bromocriptine for the treatment of peripartum cardiomyopathy: a multicentre randomized study.European heart journal · 2017Trial
- Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Current Insights into Pathogenesis and Clinical Management: A Narrative Review.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Review
- Cardiovascular complications of pregnancy.The Journal of clinical investigation · 2026Review
- Relationship between baseline right ventricular systolic function and left ventricular recovery at six-months of follow up among women with peripartum cardiomyopathy in Uganda.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2025Article
- Acute left and right ventricular heart failure with transient myocardial edema in a 26-Year-old female patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy and clivus chordoma.The international journal of cardiovascular imaging · 2025Article
- Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy and Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Meta-Analysis of Prevalence and Impact on Left Ventricular Function and Mortality.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Review
- Pregnancy-Related Cardiovascular Diseases: A Radiological Overview.Journal of cardiovascular development and disease · 2025Review
- The Advances in Utilizing Right Ventricular Function as a Predictor of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Recovery: A Single Centre Prospective Cohort Study.International journal of general medicine · 2025Article
- Cardiovascular Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Guideline of the Brazilian Society of Cardiology and the Brazilian College of Radiology - 2024.Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia · 2024Article
- Atlas of Regional Left Ventricular Scar in Nonischemic Cardiomyopathies: Substrates and Etiologies.JACC. Advances · 2024Review
- What Do We Know about Peripartum Cardiomyopathy? Yesterday, Today, Tomorrow.International journal of molecular sciences · 2024Review
- Takotsubo Syndrome or Peripartum Cardiomyopathy? Depends on Who You Are Talking to.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Transient Left Ventricular Dysfunction from Cardiomyopathies to Myocardial Viability: When and Why Cardiac Function Recovers.Biomedicines · 2024Review
- Clinical predictors of right ventricular dysfunction and association with adverse outcomes in peripartum cardiomyopathy.ESC heart failure · 2024Article
- Utilities and Limitations of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Dilated Cardiomyopathy.Korean journal of radiology · 2023Review
- Transthoracic Echocardiographic Assessment of the Heart in Pregnancy-a position statement on behalf of the British Society of Echocardiography and the United Kingdom Maternal Cardiology Society.Echo research and practice · 2023Review
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Abstract
aimsPeripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a major cause of acute heart failure in the peripartum period and considered potentially life threatening. While many aspects of its clinical profiles have been frequently reported, functional analysis, in particular of the right ventricle, and tissue characterization by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging have been only sporadically described. The aim of the present study was to analyse pathological alterations and their prognostic relevance found in CMR imaging of patients newly diagnosed with PPCM. METHODS AND
resultsIn this multicenter study 34 patients with confirmed PPCM underwent CMR imaging at the time of diagnosis and at 5 ± 1 months follow-up. Cine imaging of PPCM patients showed moderate to severe reduction of systolic left ventricular (LV) function (mean LVEF: 29.7 ± 12.8%). In 35% of the patients right ventricular (RV) systolic function was also reduced with a mean RVEF of 42.9 ± 13.9%. Dilatation of the LV was observed in 91% (mean LV-EDV/BSA 128.5 ± 32.1 mL/m
conclusionsBesides LV systolic dysfunction, RV dysfunction and dilatation are observed in about one third of PPCM patients at the time of diagnosis. RV dysfunction is associated with unfavourable outcome. A distinct pattern of LV wall motion abnormalities and myocardial scar is evident in most PPCM patients. The present study may help to establish a set of CMR criteria suitable for diagnosis in patients with suspected PPCM and may add further knowledge to the pathology of the disease.
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