ArticleThe journal of maternal-fetal & neonatal medicine : the official journal of the European Association of Perinatal Medicine, the Federation of Asia and Oceania Perinatal Societies, the International Society of Perinatal Obstetricians2022
Racial disparities in peripartum cardiomyopathy: eighteen years of observations.
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- Maternal and fetal outcomes in subsequent pregnancies after peripartum cardiomyopathy: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Acta obstetricia et gynecologica Scandinavica · 2025Pooled it
- Outcomes of subsequent pregnancy in women with peripartum cardiomyopathy: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Open heart · 2024Pooled it
- Maternal Obesity and Risk of Hospital Readmission in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: A Retrospective Cohort Study.Cureus · 2026Article
- Racial Disparities in U.S. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Risk Factors and Outcomes.JACC. Advances · 2026Article
- Stories From Black Women in Iowa About Reproductive Health Care Experiences, Self-Advocacy, and Recommendations for Change.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2026Article
- Allostatic Load Mediates Associations Between Race and Ethnicity and Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy.Obstetrics and gynecology · 2026Article
- Ethnic differences in protein biomarkers of peripartum cardiomyopathy: a proteomic study on the EORP cohort.ESC heart failure · 2025Article
- Neighborhood Disinvestment and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in California, From 2004 to 2019.Journal of the American Heart Association · 2025Observational
- Peripartum cardiomyopathy: a comprehensive and contemporary review.Heart failure reviews · 2024Review
- Race, hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and outcomes in peripartum cardiomyopathy.American heart journal · 2024Article
- Social Vulnerability May Underlie Racial Disparities in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Outcomes.Ethnicity & disease · 2024Article
- Geographic disparities in peripartum cardiomyopathy outcomes.American journal of obstetrics & gynecology MFM · 2023Article
- Obstetric Disorders and Critical Illness.Clinics in chest medicine · 2022Review
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Trends and Outcomes of Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Peripartum Cardiomyopathy.JAMA network open · 2022Article
- Disparities in Cardiovascular Care and Outcomes for Women From Racial/Ethnic Minority Backgrounds.Current treatment options in cardiovascular medicine · 2020Review
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backgroundBlack women have greater than a three-fold risk of pregnancy-associated death compared to White women; cardiomyopathy is a leading cause of maternal mortality.
objectivesThis study examined racial disparities in health outcomes among women with peripartum cardiomyopathy. STUDY
designRetrospective cohort of women with peripartum cardiomyopathy per the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute definition from January 2000 to November 2017 from a single referral center. Selected health outcomes among Black and White women were compared; primary outcome was ejection fraction at diagnosis. Secondary outcomes included cardiovascular outcomes, markers of maternal morbidity, resource utilization, and subsequent pregnancy outcomes.
resultsNinety-five women met inclusion criteria: 48% Black, 52% White. Nearly all peripartum cardiomyopathy diagnoses were postpartum (95.4% Black, 93% White,
conclusionsBlack and White women have similar mean ejection fraction at diagnosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy, but Black women have more severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction leading to worse outcomes, increased resource use, and lower ejection fraction entering the subsequent pregnancy.
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