Health News You Can Use: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Peripartum cardiomyopathy, a form of heart failure typically diagnosed in the last month of pregnancy and weeks after delivery, affects one in every 2,000 patients.

February 18, 2026 1 minute

As we celebrate American Heart Month in February, we’re recognizing the important research happening right now at Saint Luke’s focused on heart conditions uniquely impacting women.

Dr. Anna Grodzinsky, a cardiologist at Saint Luke’s Muriel I. Kauffman Institute for Women’s Cardiovascular Research, joins the show to talk about one of these unique conditions, peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM).

Dr. Grodzinsky shares the causes and symptoms of PPCM, as well as the latest research on treatment for this form of heart failure.