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Familial occurrence of peripartum cardiomyopathy presages a genetic rather than an environmental cause.
Current heart failure reports - 1 Dec 2010
St John Sutton Martin
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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 t...
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