The goal of the study was to determine risk factors for maternal cardiac failure in pregnancy complicated with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). DCM was initially diagnosed during pregnancy in 6/6 and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adverse maternal and cardiovascular outcomes were more likely in pregnant women with cardiomyopathy compared ...

The most common cardiovascular killer in maternal medicine is also among the most misdiagnosed. Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a systolic dysfunction that occurs either in late pregnancy or in the ...

Women with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), regardless of whether their left ventricular (LV) function recovers, may have a heightened risk for a relapse and other cardiovascular events if they ...

Thanks largely to the efforts of Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers, the American Heart Association (AHA) recently announced recommendations for improving cardiovascular health outcomes in women ...

Women who give birth to twins are twice as likely to be readmitted to the hospital for heart disease within a year compared to mothers who birth one infant, a new study shows. The risk is even higher ...

Background: Women with severe Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM) can successfully undergo pregnancy without significant maternal or fetal complications. The optimal management strategies however still ...

Giving birth is a special time in a woman’s life, but for Black women, trying to navigate the experience can be a matter of life and death. The CDC reports that Black women are three times more likely ...