Peripartum Cardiomyopathy and Risk in Future Pregnancies -
Peripartum
Cardiomyopathy and Risk in Future Pregnancies Peripartum cardiomyopathy is
a rare, but not unusual, form of heart failure that occurs in women during
the last month of pregnancy or in the first five months after delivery.
A Heart Too
Big - A
discussion of peripartum cardiomyopathy and it's effects on the life of a
young woman and her family. Also includes discussion from her spouse to
other spouses and care givers touched by incurable heart disease.
HealthCentral - General Encyclopedia - Peripartum cardiomyopathy -
A disorder
caused by current or recent pregnancy where the heart muscle is weakened
and cannot pump blood efficiently; decreased heart function affects the
lungs, liver, and other body systems ....