Epidemiologic Reports, SurveysAnesthetic Management and Outcomes of Parturients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy in an Academic CenterItuk, U.S.; Habib, A.S.; Polin, C.M.; Allen, T.K. Author Information Department of Anesthesiology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC Obstetric Anesthesia Digest 36(1):p 16-17, March 2016. | DOI: 10.1097/01.aoa.0000479489.49720.a2 Buy Metrics Abstract (Can J Anesth. 2015;62:278–288) Cardiomyopathy is increasing as a cause of maternal death, up from 8% in 1991 to 1997 to over 12% in 1998 to 2005. A 2002 study in North Carolina showed cardiomyopathy to be the leading cause of maternal death, accounting for >20% of deaths. Copyright © 2016 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved
