Postpartum Cardiomyopathy // On December 12, 2007 my twenty-two year old granddaughter visited her aunt who had been hospitalized. She walked into the hospital collapsed and died. The autopsy report stated that she died from Postpartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM). PPCM is an onset of heart failure which can occur during the last month of pregnancy or [...]
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News- Keeping pace for heart health - St. Louis AmericanKeeping pace for heart healthSt. Louis AmericanPeripartum cardiomyopathy occurs as a complication of pregnancy or within the first few months followin […]
- Heart failure kills moms-to-be - WXXAHeart failure kills moms-to-beWXXAPeripartum cardiomyopathy, a form of heart failure that affects healthy women during the last months of pregnancy or […]
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- Go Red for Women: Bethany Gipson received a new heart at age 25 - Press-Register - al.com (blog)Press-Register - al.com (blog)Go Red for Women: Bethany Gipson received a new heart at age 25Press-Register - al.com (blog)11, 2009, Gipson was diagno […]
- Dying during delivery: Heart failure kills moms-to-be - KSAT San AntonioKSAT San AntonioDying during delivery: Heart failure kills moms-to-beKSAT San AntonioPeripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare disorder in which a weakened […]
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