Table 1.

Cases of peripartum cardiomyopathy with echocardiograms performed prior to diagnosis

Case	Medical history	Pre‐PPCM echocardiogram a			At time of PPCM diagnosis			Recovery
		GA or days post‐partum	LVEF	Clinical indication	Days post‐partum	LVEF	Days between echocardiograms	Recovery to LVEF ≥ 50%	TTN mutation
1	T2 IDDM	17.7 weeks	52%	First degree AVB on ECG	73 days	33%	222	Yes	No
2	Crohn's disease	19.7 weeks	68%	Palpitations	9 days	37%	121	Yes	N/A
3	T1DM, chronic HTN	20.1 weeks	54%	Screening given chronic HTN	93 days	36%	153	No	No
4	Small restrictive VSD	32.9 weeks	67%	Screening given known VSD	6 days	45%	42	Yes	No
5	Asthma, rheumatoid arthritis	Post‐partum 1 day	61%	Shortness of breath due to PE	20 days	29%	19	Yes	N/A
6	Asthma, hyperlipidaemia	Post‐partum 13 days	58%	Chest pain, diagnosed with pericarditis	100 days	24%	87	Yes	No

AVB, atrioventricular block; ECG, electrocardiogram; GA, gestational age; HTN, hypertension; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; N/A, not available; PE, pulmonary embolism; PPCM, peripartum cardiomyopathy; T1DM, type 1 diabetes mellitus; T2 IDDM, type 2 insulin‐dependent diabetes mellitus; TTN, titin; VSD, ventricular septal defect.

^a Echocardiogram performed prior to diagnosis of PPCM.