Introduction:

Cardiovascular diseases represent an important cause of morbidity and mortality during pregnancy, cardiomyopathy is notable as a syndrome of heart failure.

Objective:

To characterize patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy according to clinical and epidemiological variables of interest for the investigation.

Methods:

A descriptive and cross-sectional study of 18 patients with diagnosis of peripartum cardiomyopathy was carried out. They were assisted at Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba from October, 2015 to December, 2022.

Results:

In the series there was a prevalence of patients over 35 years (32.6 average age), besides African descendant (50.0 %), chronic hypertension (44.4 %) and multiparity (8.9 %) as risk factors and the left ventricle failure as clinical manifestation. The ejection fraction of this ventricle was regularly diminished and the pharmacological treatment response was satisfactory in all the sample.

Conclusions:

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is of low incidence in this center; however, due to its seriousness, the early diagnosis and the specialized staff intervention are necessary to avoid complications.

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