# Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM): When the Left Heart Falters

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Podcast: [Dr. Chapa's OBGYN No Spin Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/dr-chapa-s-obgyn-no-spin-podcast-7407953)
Published: 2026-06-18T11:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

Welcome back to the show, everybody! Today, we are diving deep into the intersection of maternal-fetal medicine and cardiology. We’re tackling a condition that keeps every OB/GYN, MFM, and cardiologist up at night: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy, or PPCM. And to keep our clinical gears turning, we are framing this discussion squarely through the lens of Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM) Consult Series #73, which focuses on right and left heart failure in pregnancy, alongside the foundational data from ACOG Practice Bulletin #212. PPCM presents fundamentally as acute left heart failure with reduced ejection fraction. Think of the left ventricle as the primary engine pump of the systemic circulation. When it stalls, everything upstream gets backed up. While this was traditionally called IDIOPATHIC, newer data says otherwise. We are going to cover presentation, eval, care and prognosis. So, get your palpitations in check- here we go. 16% OFF TONA ACTIVE WEAR PROMO: https://tonaactive.com/discount/CHAPANOSPINOBG 1. SMFM CS 73; 2025 2. ACOG PB 212; 2019 3. Arany Z. Peripartum Cardiomyopathy. The NEJM. 2024. 4. Sliwa K, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Damasceno A, Al Farhan H, Goland S, Johnson MR, Bauersachs J. Peripartum cardiomyopathy. Lancet. 2025 Nov 22;406(10518):2483-2493. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(25)01451-5. Epub 2025 Oct 28. PMID: 41173010.

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