What is postpartum cardiomyopathy?

Postpartum cardiomyopathy is a form of dilated cardiomyopathy that leads to deterioration in heart function because the heart muscle cannot contract forcefully enough to pump adequate amounts of blood. It may start between the last month of pregnancy and up to five months after delivery.

How do members experience postpartum cardiomyopathy?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with postpartum cardiomyopathy*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for postpartum cardiomyopathy*

Who has postpartum cardiomyopathy on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 2
40s 9
50s 1
60s 2
70+ 0

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 0
Female 15

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What is postpartum cardiomyopathy?

Postpartum cardiomyopathy is a form of dilated cardiomyopathy that leads to deterioration in heart function because the heart muscle cannot contract forcefully enough to pump adequate amounts of blood. It may start between the last month of pregnancy and up to five months after delivery.



Common symptoms reported by people with postpartum cardiomyopathy

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for postpartum cardiomyopathy

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Compare treatments taken by people with postpartum cardiomyopathy

Let’s build this page together! When you share what it’s like to have postpartum cardiomyopathy through your profile, those stories and data appear here too.

Got a question about living with postpartum cardiomyopathy? Members in the forum might have the answers.



Who has postpartum cardiomyopathy on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 12 say postpartum cardiomyopathy is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 0
20s 1
30s 2
40s 9
50s 1
60s 2
70+ 0

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 0
Female 15

These charts show data from postpartum cardiomyopathy patients who have completed their condition history
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