Heart failure & cardiomyopathiesTrial design

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Genetic Screening Protocol and Registry

JACC AdvPublished

  • prospective whole-genome sequencing and registry
  • protocol

Study context

Population
Individuals meeting PPCM-ESC 2019 diagnostic criteria (left ventricular ejection fraction <45% or fractional shortening <30% with chamber dilation, onset between the last month of pregnancy and five months postpartum), Woman's Hospital, Louisiana

No results yet. This paper sets out the design of a trial; its results are to come.

Further findings

Study conduct

The PERCVD Trial is enrolling patients, and clinical outcome data are not available

Original publication

Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Genetic Screening Protocol and Registry. JACC Adv. Published 25 September 2026. doi:10.1016/j.jacadv.2026.103286

Summarised from the published abstract; every number is checked against it