• Karen Sliwa, Denise Hilfiker-Kleiner, Alexandre Mebazaa, Mark C Petrie, Aldo P Maggioni, Vera Regitz-Zagrosek, Maria Schaufelberger, Luigi Tavazzi, Dirk J van Veldhuisen, Jolien W Roos-Hesslink, Ajay J Shah, Petar M Seferovic, Uri Elkayam, Karin van Spaendonck-Zwarts, Katrin Bachelier-Walenta, Frederic Mouquet, Elisabeth Kraigher-Krainer, Roger Hall, Piotr Ponikowski, John J V McMurray, and Burkert Pieske.
• Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
• Eur. J. Heart Fail. 2014 May 1; 16 (5): 583-91.

BackgroundThe EURObservational Research Programme is a rolling programme of cardiovascular registries and surveys of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). These registries will provide information on the nature of cardiovascular disease and its management. This manuscript provides an update on new literature on peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), published since the 2010 Position Statement from the Heart Failure Association of the European Society of Cardiology Working Group on PPCM, and describes a new registry on this under-recognized condition. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is an idiopathic cardiomyopathy presenting with heart failure secondary to left ventricular systolic dysfunction towards the end of the pregnancy, or in the months following delivery, where no other cause for heart failure is found.AimsThe PPCM Registry aims to describe disease presentation, comorbidities, diagnostic and therapeutic management of patients with PPCM, as well as information on their offspring. Centres not only from ESC and ESC-affiliated countries, but from around the world, are encouraged to participate.MethodsA prospective registry on patients presenting with PPCM. At the time of writing, approximately 100 patients have been enrolled from 20 countries. All data entry is online via secure passwords and is supported by well-trained information technology personnel.ConclusionThe EURObservational Research Programme will allow a comparison of women from around the world, from different ethnic backgrounds, presenting with PPCM and will report on their 6 month and 12 month outcomes. The study aims to include 1000 patients and follow them for 1 year. New centres volunteering to participate in the study will be welcomed.© 2014 The Authors. European Journal of Heart Failure © 2014 European Society of Cardiology.

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