Pregnancy and subsequent pregnancy outcomes in peripartum cardiomyopathy.

Aim: To study the clinical profile and management of peripartum cardiomyopathy, and to analyze the pregnancy outcomes of pregnant women with this disorder as well as its effect on subsequent pregnancies.

Methods: All patients admitted with peripartum cardiomyopathy from July 2006 to June 2009 by the Departments of Cardiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology from the Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research, Kolkata, India, were considered for this observational study. Thirty-six women with 42 pregnancies (36 first pregnancies and six second pregnancies in the same patients) were evaluated.