Olaf Forster
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Blauwet L, Libhaber E, Forster O, Tibazarwa K, Mebazaa A, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, et al.
Heart
. 2012 Nov;
99(5):308-13.
PMID: 23118348
Objective: Identify novel prognostic factors for patients with peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM). Design And Setting: Prospective cohort study conducted in a single tertiary care centre in South Africa. Patients: 176 African...
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Forster O, Ansari A, Sliwa K
Womens Health (Lond)
. 2009 Oct;
2(4):587-96.
PMID: 19803966
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a form of heart failure that occurs in women within 1 month pre- and 5 months postdelivery. The syndrome carries a high mortality and predisposing factors are...
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Sliwa K, Forster O, Tibazarwa K, Libhaber E, Becker A, Yip A, et al.
Int J Cardiol
. 2009 Sep;
147(2):202-8.
PMID: 19751951
Background: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare cardiomyopathy with a high risk of mortality. The present study assessed clinical outcome and mortality over a 2-year period in an African cohort...
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Forster O, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Ansari A, Sundstrom J, Libhaber E, Tshani W, et al.
Eur J Heart Fail
. 2008 Sep;
10(9):861-8.
PMID: 18768352
Aim: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is characterized by acute onset of heart failure of unknown aetiology. We aimed to identify mechanisms involved in initiation and progression of the disease. Methods And...
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Hilfiker-Kleiner D, Kaminski K, Podewski E, Bonda T, Schaefer A, Sliwa K, et al.
Cell
. 2007 Feb;
128(3):589-600.
PMID: 17289576
Postpartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a disease of unknown etiology and exposes women to high risk of mortality after delivery. Here, we show that female mice with a cardiomyocyte-specific deletion of...
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Sliwa K, Forster O, Libhaber E, Fett J, Sundstrom J, Hilfiker-Kleiner D, et al.
Eur Heart J
. 2005 Sep;
27(4):441-6.
PMID: 16143707
Aims: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a disorder of unknown aetiology with a course and outcome that is largely unpredictable. We evaluated the prognostic role of multiple inflammatory markers in the...
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Sliwa K, Forster O, Zhanje F, Candy G, Kachope J, Essop R
Am J Cardiol
. 2004 May;
93(11):1441-3, A10.
PMID: 15165937
Subsequent pregnancy in 6 patients with previous peripartum cardiomyopathy resulted in reduction of ejection fraction by >10% in 5 patients at 1 month postpartum. Two patients with impaired ejection fraction...