Focal Interest
Focal Interest

Cardiac Structural Anomalies and Repair

External reference: https://openalex.org/T12598

  1. Oral contraceptive use linked to SCAD-related heart attack in a young woman
    Case report documents acute myocardial infarction from spontaneous coronary artery dissection in 32-year-old woman using oral contraceptives, with successful conservative management.
  2. West-Norwegian PPCM incidence was low; recovery was successful
    Peripartum cardiomyopathy incidence, risk factors, and long-term clinical outcomes in a West-Norwegian population with comprehensive assessment of left ventricular recovery patterns.
  3. Ugandan women with peripartum cardiomyopathy had high mortality
    Prospective Ugandan cohort (n=80) with PPCM: baseline severe LV dysfunction, 7.5% six-month mortality, 10% intracardiac thrombus, 46.3% LV recovery; two-thirds received bromocriptine.