Pregnancy-Related Heart Failure Explained, Symptoms Reversed

... 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 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 U.S. [click link for full article] ...