Profile of Peripartum Cardiomyopathy (PPCM) Patients at Hasna Medika Cardiovascular Hospital, Cirebon, Indonesia
Witri Pratiwi (a,b*), Asri C. Adisasmita (a), Sudarto Ronoatmodjo (a), Amiliana Mardiani Soesanto (c)

a) Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Public Health, Universitas Indonesia, Depok, Indonesia
b) Department of Community Medicine and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Swadaya Gunung Jati, Cirebon, Indonesia
c) Department of Cardiology and Vascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Indonesia, Harapan Kita National Cardiovascular Center, Jakarta, Indonesia

*Corresponding Email: we3.borneo[at]gmail.com

Abstract

Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is one of the heart diseases that causes morbidity and mortality in pregnant and post-partum women. The cause of PPCM is still unknown for certain but it is associated with several risk factors. This study aims to determine the profile of PPCM patients at Hasna Medika Cardiovascular Hospital, Cirebon, Indonesia based on several risk factors. A cross-sectional study was conducted at Hasna Medika Cardiovascular Hospital Cirebon, Indonesia. Patients diagnosed with PPCM who were hospitalized or visited polyclinic in the period January 2019 to September 2024 were taken as samples. The data was collected through medical records. The sampling method used was total sampling. Data was described through frequency and percentages. There were 63 PPCM patients from January 2019 to September 2024 recorded in the medical records of Hasna Medika Cardiovascular Hospital. More than half were >30 years old (58.7%). As many as 73% of PPCM cases are multiparous pregnancies. Samples with pre-pregnancy obesity and type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) before pregnancy were 22.2% and 1.6%, respectively. There were 34.9% of samples experienced chronic hypertension. A total of 20.6% experienced gestational hypertension, 27% preeclampsia and 1.6% gestational DM. Anemia in pregnancy is experienced by 28.6% of PPCM patients. Current study concludes that majority of PPCM patients at Hasna Medika Cardiovascular Hospital, Cirebon, Indonesia were >30 years old and multiparity. Several comorbidities, such as chronic hypertension, gestational hypertension, T2DM before pregnancy, gestational DM and anemia were found in PPCM patients.

Keywords: Heart failure, hypertension, maternal, PPCM, peripartum cardiomyopathy

Topic: Public Health