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Rare variant mutations in pregnancy-associated or peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Circulation - 25 May 2010
Morales Ana, Painter Thomas, Li Ran, Siegfried Jill D, Li Duanxiang, Norton Nadine, Hershberger Ray E
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The term peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) describes dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) without known cause that occurs during the last month of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum. A related term, pregnancy-associated cardiomyopathy (PACM), refers to DCM onset earlier in pregnancy. Multiple studies have focused on inflammatory, immunologic, and environmental causes. An alternative hypothesis is that PPCM and...
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