Pregnancy-related Heart Failure Explained, Symptoms Reversed By Simple Hormone Blocker

... A new study reveals the mechanism responsible for a rare but potentially devastating form of heart failure that sometimes afflicts women late in pregnancy or shortly following childbirth, researchers have reported in the Feb. 9, 2007, issue of Cell, a publication of Cell Press. The so-called postpartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) -- which is estimated to complicate one in every 1,300 to 4,000 deliveries in the US -- is considered among the leading causes of death among postpartum women in industrialized countries. ...