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ARTs are associated with an elevated risk for cardiovascular complications. However, a potential relation between subfertility\/ARTs and the heart disease peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) has not been systematically analyzed yet.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>A retrospective cohort study was carried out, including <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009111 PPCM patients from the German PPCM registry. Data from PPCM patients were compared to those from postpartum women in the German general population.<\/jats:p>\n              <\/jats:sec><jats:sec>\n                <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                <jats:p>The prevalence of reported subfertility was high among PPCM patients (30%; 33\/111). Most of the subfertile PPCM patients (55%; 18\/33) obtained vitro fertilizations (IVF) or intracytoplasmic sperm injections (ICSI). PPCM patients were older (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001), the percentage of born infants conceived by IVF\/ICSI was higher (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001) with a higher multiple birth (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001), C-section (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001) and preeclampsia rate (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.0001), compared to postpartum women. The cardiac outcome was comparable between subfertile and fertile PPCM patients. 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