Gilles Billebeau, Martin Etienne, Riadh Cheikh-Khelifa, Daniele Vauthier-Brouzes, Estelle Gandjbakhch, Richard Isnard, Jacky Nizard, Michel Komajda, Marc Dommergues, Philippe Charron
BACKGROUND: Pregnancies in women with pre-existing cardiomyopathies are considered at high risk for complications. However, few data are available to characterize their natural history and predict the outcome. AIMS: Our aim was to evaluate the prevalence and predictors of acute cardiac and obstetric events in women with a cardiomyopathy during pregnancy, excluding peripartum cardiomyopathy. METHODS: In this retrospective study in a referral centre for cardiomyopathies, we included 43 consecutive pregnancies in 36 women with dilated, hypertrophic, arrhythmogenic right ventricular or tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy, or left ventricular non-compaction...
October 25, 2017: Archives of Cardiovascular Diseases