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ReviewJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2023

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: Risks Diagnosis and Management.

Selma Carlson, Jessica Schultz, Bhavadharini Ramu, Melinda B Davis

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Review in Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
5.9field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 27 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Selma CarlsonDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Jessica SchultzDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Bhavadharini RamuDivision of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, SC, USA.
Melinda B DavisDivision of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3676-1982
University of Minnesota · USMedical University of South Carolina · USMichigan Medicine · US

Funding

CSRD VA IK2 CX002525
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare cause of heart failure that occurs during late pregnancy or in the early postpartum period. Delays in diagnosis may occur as symptoms of heart failure mimic those of normal pregnancy. The diagnosis should be considered in any pregnant or postpartum woman with symptoms concerning for heart failure. If there are clinical concerns, labs including N-terminal pro-BNP should be checked, and an echocardiogram should be ordered to assess for systolic dysfunction. Prompt medical treatment tailored for pregnancy and lactation is essential to prevent adverse events. Outcomes are variable, including complete recovery, persistent myocardial dysfunction with heart failure symptoms, arrhythmias, thromboembolic events, and/or rapid deterioration requiring mechanical circulatory support and cardiac transplantation. It is essential that care is provided as part of a multidisciplinary cardio-obstetrics team including obstetrics, cardiology, maternal fetal medicine, anesthesiology, and nursing. All women with peripartum cardiomyopathy should have close follow-up with a cardiologist, although optimal duration of medical therapy following complete recovery is unknown. Women considering a subsequent pregnancy require preconception counseling and close collaboration between obstetrics and cardiology throughout pregnancy.

Indexed as

cardiomyopathyheart failureperipartumpregnancy

Identifiers

PMID37163197
PMCPMC10164389
OpenAlexW4368404978

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