0409: Prognosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy at the Institut of Cardiology of Abidjan

BackgroundPeripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a clinical entity that is part of cardiovascular pathologies that make all the gravity of the peripartum period.ObjectiveLook for poor prognostic factors to improve care.MethodsA retrospective study conducted from 1 January 2010 to 31 December 2014 allowed to collect 49 cases of PPCM. We researched and analyzed the poor prognostic factors: the occurrence in antepartum, late diagnosis, DTDVG≥60mm, LVEF<30% and no recovery of LVEF in 6 months.Resultsthe average age was 29.6±6.5 years. The average parity was 3.3±2.1. The majority of patients had given birth by natural means (85.7%). pathology occur postpartum (100%), especially in the first month after delivery (53.1%) with a time to onset of 1.9±1.6 months. They were in congestive heart failure in almost all cases (81.6%). The average DTDVG was 61mm. The DTDVG was>60mm in 51.8% of cases. LVEF averaged 33±11.2% and