Clinical characteristics and long‐term outcomes of peripartum takotsubo cardiomyopathy and peripartum cardiomyopathy

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Title: Clinical characteristics and long‐term outcomes of peripartum takotsubo cardiomyopathy and peripartum cardiomyopathy
Authors: Dong‐Yeon Kim, So Ree Kim, Sung‐Ji Park, Jeong‐Hun Seo, Eun Kyoung Kim, Jeong Hoon Yang, Sung‐A Chang, Jin‐Oh Choi, Sang‐Chol Lee, Seung Woo Park
Source: ESC Heart Failure, Vol 7, Iss 6, Pp 3644-3652 (2020)
Publisher Information: Wiley, 2020.
Publication Year: 2020
Collection: LCC:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Subject Terms: Peripartum cardiomyopathy, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, Apical ballooning, Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system, RC666-701
More Details: Abstract Aims Although some peripartum‐associated cardiomyopathy patients present with features that are clinically and echocardiographically similar to those of takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM), little is known about the diagnosis and clinical course of peripartum TCM. Methods and results In a tertiary hospital in Seoul, Korea, we searched the hospital database to find cardiomyopathy cases that were associated with pregnancy from January 1995 to May 2019. Applying the published diagnostic criteria, we sought peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) and peripartum TCM patients for comparison. Of 31 pregnancy‐associated cardiomyopathy patients, 10 cases of peripartum TCM and 21 cases of PPCM were found. Maternal near‐miss death was significantly more common in the peripartum TCM group than in the PPCM group (100.0% vs. 57.1%, P = 0.030). Complete recovery was observed with all peripartum TCM cases, while 23.8% of the PPCM cases had residual left ventricular dysfunction. One death and one heart transplantation occurred in the PPCM group, while neither occurred in the peripartum TCM group. There was no difference between the two groups in terms of the rate of major adverse clinical events at 3 years of follow‐up [PPCM group: 26.3% (5/19) vs. TCM group: 33.3% (3/9), P = 0.750]. Conclusions One‐third of pregnancy‐associated cardiomyopathy patients had peripartum TCM. With contemporary supportive care, both PPCM and peripartum TCM patients had a low mortality rate and excellent long‐term outcomes.
Document Type: article
File Description: electronic resource
Language: English
ISSN: 2055-5822
Relation: https://doaj.org/toc/2055-5822
DOI: 10.1002/ehf2.12889
Access URL: https://doaj.org/article/fb226d5131314290885fb1b77787f920
Accession Number: edsdoj.fb226d5131314290885fb1b77787f920
Database: Directory of Open Access Journals
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ISSN:20555822
DOI:10.1002/ehf2.12889
Published in:ESC Heart Failure
Language:English