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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
Volume 93, Issue 11, Pages 1441-1443Publisher
EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2004.02.053
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Subsequent pregnancy in 6 patients with, previous peripartum cardiomyopathy resulted in reduction of ejection fraction by >10% in 5 patients at 1 month postportum. Two patients with impaired ejection fraction at onset of subsequent pregnancy died 3 months postpartum-due to heart failure despite optimal medical therapy. Deterioration of left ventricular function occurred uniformly postpartum and was accompanied by elevation of tumor necrosis factor-a plasma levels from 2.4 +/- 1.1 pg/ml at onset of subsequent pregnancy to 6.2 +/- 2.4 pg/ml at 1 month postpartum. (C)2004 by Excerpta Medica, Inc.
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