Prognostic implication of right ventricular involvement in peripartum cardiomyopathy: a cardiovascular magnetic resonance study.

Journal: ESC heart failure
Published Date: Sep 30, 2015

Abstract

AIMS: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a major cause of acute heart failure in the peripartum period and considered potentially life threatening. While many aspects of its clinical profiles have been frequently reported, functional analysis, in particular of the right ventricle, and tissue characterization by cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging have been only sporadically described. The aim of the present study was to analyse pathological alterations and their prognostic relevance found in CMR imaging of patients newly diagnosed with PPCM.

Authors

  • Arash Haghikia
    Department of Cardiology and Angiology Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany.
  • Philipp Röntgen
    Department of Cardiology and Angiology Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany.
  • Jens Vogel-Claussen
    Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany.
  • Johannes Schwab
    Department of Cardiology Paracelsus Medical University, General Hospital Nuernberg Nuernberg Germany.
  • Ralf Westenfeld
    Division of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Vascular Medicine, Medical Faculty University Duesseldorf Germany.
  • Philipp Ehlermann
    Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Vascular Medicine University of Heidelberg Heidelberg Germany.
  • Dominik Berliner
    Department of Cardiology and Angiology Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany.
  • Edith Podewski
    Department of Cardiology and Angiology Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany.
  • Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner
    Department of Cardiology and Angiology Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany.
  • Johann Bauersachs
    Department of Cardiology and Angiology Hannover Medical School Hannover Germany.

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