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BREASTFEEDING IS NOT ASSOCIATED WITH WORSE OUTCOMES IN PERIPARTUM CARDIOMYOPATHY

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Background: Women diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) are frequently advised not to breastfeed their infants because of concern that the nursing hormone prolactin drives the pathogenesis of PPCM. However, this… Click to show full abstract

Background: Women diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) are frequently advised not to breastfeed their infants because of concern that the nursing hormone prolactin drives the pathogenesis of PPCM. However, this remains controversial. We sought to determine whether women with PPCM who

Keywords: worse outcomes; cardiology; breastfeeding associated; outcomes peripartum; peripartum cardiomyopathy; associated worse

Journal Title: Journal of the American College of Cardiology
Year Published: 2017

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