Incidence of peripartum cardiomyopathy

PPCM: peripartum cardiomyopathy.
* The unit of population differs among studies, depending on the population representing all births, live births (excluding stillbirth), deliveries, hospitalizations, and women.
¶ Although there are several reports from the United States, the report by Kolte et al. (Kolte D, Khera S, Aronow WS, et al. Temporal trends in incidence and outcomes of peripartum cardiomyopathy in the United States: a nationwide population-based study. J Am Heart Assoc 2014; 3:e001056) was selected because it includes more recent data.