Risk factors and outcomes associated with Left Ventricular Thrombus in patients with Peripartum Cardiomyopathy: An insight from National Inpatient Sample Database

CONCLUSION: : Our study showed that PPCM patients with LV thrombus had worse outcomes with respect to stroke, length of stay and in hospital mortality. Higher prevalence in patients with black race, complicated diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, valvular disease, coagulopathy, smoking, drug abuse, depression and psychoses calls for special attention to such high-risk groups for aggressive risk factor modification.