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Descriptor English: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Descriptor Spanish: Cardiopatía Periparto
Descriptor Portuguese: Cardiomiopatia Periparto
Descriptor French: Without translation
Entry term(s): Pregnancy-Associated Cardiomyopathy
Tree number(s): C12.050.703.634.405
C14.280.238.719
C14.583.405
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000099088
Scope note: A rare form of dilated cardiomyopathy which causes heart enlargement and weakness during the last month of pregnancy or within five months of delivery.
Allowable Qualifiers: BL blood
CF cerebrospinal fluid
CI chemically induced
CL classification
DG diagnostic imaging
DH diet therapy
DI diagnosis
DT drug therapy
EC economics
EH ethnology
EN enzymology
EP epidemiology
ET etiology
GE genetics
HI history
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
MO mortality
NU nursing
PA pathology
PC prevention & control
PP physiopathology
PS parasitology
PX psychology
RH rehabilitation
RT radiotherapy
SU surgery
TH therapy
UR urine
VE veterinary
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 2025
History Note: 2025
DeCS ID: 60971
Unique ID: D000099088
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Date Established: 2025/01/01
Date of Entry: 2024/08/09
Revision Date: 2024/08/06
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Preferred
Concept UI M000768052
Scope note A rare form of dilated cardiomyopathy which causes heart enlargement and weakness during the last month of pregnancy or within five months of delivery.
Preferred term Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Entry term(s) Pregnancy-Associated Cardiomyopathy



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