Reducing the risks for relapse of heart failure in a subsequent pregnancy after peripartum cardiomyopathy?

James D Fett^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Network Co-Investigations of Pregnancy Associated Cardiomyopathy (IPAC), Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
² Dept Adult Medicine, Hospital Albert Schweitzer, Deschapelles, Haiti.

Comment

James D Fett. Future Cardiol. 2017 Jul.

. 2017 Jul;13(4):305-310.

doi: 10.2217/fca-2017-0029. Epub 2017 Jun 16.

James D Fett^{1

2}

¹ Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Network Co-Investigations of Pregnancy Associated Cardiomyopathy (IPAC), Cardiovascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
² Dept Adult Medicine, Hospital Albert Schweitzer, Deschapelles, Haiti.

No abstract available

Keywords: heart failure; peripartum cardiomyopathy; pregnancy; relapse; subsequent pregnancy.

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