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  • Title: Peripartum cardiomyopathy.
    Author: Zhanje FT.
    Journal: N Z Med J; 2013 Jun 14; 126(1376):85-90. PubMed ID: 23822964.
    Abstract:
    Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a dilated cardiomyopathy in which left ventricular systolic dysfunction and symptoms of heart failure occur between the late stages of pregnancy and the early postpartum period. It is relatively uncommon. In this case report I describe the development of PPCM in the first pregnancy of a woman of older maternal age.
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