Familial occurrence of peripartum cardiomyopathy presages a genetic rather than an environmental cause.

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Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is an uncommon form of left ventricular dysfunction associated with pregnancy and triggered by a number of obstetric factors including pre-eclampsia, plural gestations and multiparity. PPCM is the most frequent cause of pregnancy-related maternal death. Although the clinical outcome of PPCM has been determined, its patho-etiology has not been elucidated. Two recent studies have...

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