peripartum cardiomyopathy
MONDO:0018920Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names peripartum cardiomyopathy yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is an idiopathic, potentially fatal form of dilated cardiomyopathy that develops during the final month of pregnancy or within five months after delivery.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0018920), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Features
43 features
What the disease is reported to present with, and how often among people who have it — never how often a feature means the disease. HPO, annotations 2026-09-02.
- Abnormal T-waveHPOHP:0005135
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Congestive heart failureHPOHP:0001635
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Dilated cardiomyopathyHPOHP:0001644
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- DyspneaHPOHP:0002094
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Elevated jugular venous pressureHPOHP:0030848
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Exertional dyspneaHPOHP:0002875
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- FatigueHPOHP:0012378
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- HypertensionHPOHP:0000822
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Left ventricular hypertrophyHPOHP:0001712
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Left ventricular systolic dysfunctionHPOHP:0025169
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- OrthopneaHPOHP:0012764
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- PalpitationsHPOHP:0001962
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
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- Pedal edemaHPOHP:0010741
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Reduced left ventricular ejection fractionHPOHP:0012664
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Sinus tachycardiaHPOHP:0011703
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- TachycardiaHPOHP:0001649
- Frequent (30% to 79% of cases)
- Abnormal atrioventricular valve morphologyHPOHP:0006705
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
- Abnormal cardiac atrium morphologyHPOHP:0005120
- Occasional (5% to 29% of cases)
Where it sits
Other names
1 name
Resolves to: peripartum cardiomyopathy
- Also called
- postpartum cardiomyopathy