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Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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of Pregnancy Chronic ... • Guidelines as ... diagnosed during pregnancy ... doubling of Cr), pulmonary ... htn #obstetrics
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
heart disease • Hypertensive ... • Pulmonary embolus ... predisposition (TTN ... pre-eclampsia, hypertension ... e.g., <50%), ESC guidelines
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM)

What is PPCM?
• A form of acute systolic heart failure that develops late in
Risk Factors: • Hypertensive ... variants (e.g., TTN ... dysfunction • Pulmonary ... • Pulmonary edema ... Black women and in resource-limited