Clinical outcomes of peripartum cardiomyopathy: a 15-year nationwide population-based study in Asia.

Abstract:

:Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is the development of heart failure during late pregnancy to months postpartum with potential fatal outcome. However, the disease is not well-studied in Asia.We aimed to investigate the epidemiology and clinical outcomes of PPCM in Taiwan.Electronic medical records were retrieved from Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Database from 1997 to 2011. Patients with PPCM were separated into 3 groups based on the timing of diagnosis. Early: PPCM diagnosed first to ninth month of pregnancy. Traditional: PPCM diagnosed last month of pregnancy till fifth month post-delivery. Late: PPCM diagnosed sixth to twelfth month post-delivery. Primary outcomes defined as cardiac death, all-cause mortality, and major adverse cardiovascular events (MACE) within 1 year.A total of 3,506,081 deliveries during 1997 to 2011 were retrieved and 925 patients with PPCM were identified. Overall incidence of PPCM was 1:3,790 during the 15 years. Early, Traditional, and Late group each had 88, 742, and 95 patients. Cardiac death occurred in 31 patients, all-cause mortality in 72 patients, and MACE in 65 patients. Late group had 2- to 3-fold event rates in cardiac death, all-cause mortality, and MACE compared with Early and Traditional groups. Cumulative incidence showed significant differences for cardiac death (P = .0011), all-cause mortality (P = .0031), and MACE (P = .0014) among 3 groups. Multivariate Cox model showed Late group had significantly worse outcomes after adjusted for clinical variables compared with 2 other groups.Our study is the largest national cohort among Asian countries that showed timing of diagnosis of PPCM had different outcomes. Late diagnosis portended significantly increased morbidity and mortality, even after adjusted for clinical variables.

journal_name

Medicine (Baltimore)

journal_title

Medicine

authors

Wu VC,Chen TH,Yeh JK,Wu M,Lu CH,Chen SW,Wu KP,Cheng CW,Chang CH,Hung KC,Chern MS,Lin FC,Wen MS

doi

10.1097/MD.0000000000008374

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2017-10-01 00:00:00

pages

e8374

issue

43

eissn

0025-7974

issn

1536-5964

pii

00005792-201710270-00057

journal_volume

96

pub_type

杂志文章

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