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Echocardiography may help identify high-risk pregnancy-induced hypertension patients
Echocardiographic parameters independently predict adverse pregnancy outcomes in women aged 35+ with pregnancy-induced hypertension, with combined assessment achieving excellent discrimination.
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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.
