Article
Phenotyping and outcome on contemporary management in a German cohort of patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Basic research in cardiology - 1 Jul 2013
Haghikia A, Podewski E, Libhaber E, Labidi S, Fischer D, Roentgen P, Tsikas D, Jordan J, Lichtinghagen R, von Kaisenberg C S, Struman I, Bovy N, Sliwa K, Bauersachs J, Hilfiker-Kleiner Denise
Abstract excerpt
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a life-threatening heart disease developing towards the end of pregnancy or in the months following delivery in previously healthy women in terms of cardiac disease. Enhanced oxidative stress and the subsequent cleavage of the nursing hormone Prolactin into an anti-angiogenic 16 kDa subfragment emerged as a potential causal factor of the disease. We established a prospective...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.