This topic was nicely reviewed in the
Texas Heart Institute Journal and the free full text can be accessed
here.
Key points:
Its onset can be in late pregnancy or
up to 5 months postpartum.
Diagnosis is by exclusion of other heart disease combined with, in order to avoid overdiagnosis, very
specific echocardiographic criteria.
Treatment includes general heart
failure therapy (a table in the article summarizes drug precautions
during pregnancy and lactation) and disease specific therapies.
Recovery is frequent but not
invariable.
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