Ahmet Güner, Özkan Candan, Serkan Kahraman, Ezgi Gültekin Güner, Sevgi Özcan, Mustafa Ozan Gürsoy, Macit Kalçık, Abdulkadir Uslu, Esra Dönmez, Regayip Zehir, Mehmet Ertürk, Mustafa Yıldız, Mehmet Özkan
BACKGROUND: The effect of physiological circulatory changes during pregnancy on hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) has been reported with limited data. This study aimed to provide information regarding outcomes of pregnant women with HCM and to identify predictors of major adverse cardiac event (MACE). METHODS: A total of 45 pregnancies with HCM were retrospectively reviewed. The primary endpoint was a MACE that occurred within an 8‑week period after delivery, including maternal death, heart failure (HF), syncope, and malignant ventricular arrhythmias (VAs)...
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