PRINTER'S NO. 370
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE RESOLUTION
No.
60
Session of
2017
INTRODUCED BY HANNA, READSHAW, HENNESSEY, SONNEY, DUSH,
CALTAGIRONE, MILLARD, DiGIROLAMO, SCHWEYER, SCHLOSSBERG,
BAKER, BOBACK, MURT, LONGIETTI, V. BROWN, KORTZ, CAUSER,
BULLOCK, D. COSTA, NEILSON, IRVIN, WARD, KINSEY, GABLER AND
BIZZARRO, FEBRUARY 7, 2017
INTRODUCED AS NONCONTROVERSIAL RESOLUTION UNDER RULE 35,
FEBRUARY 7, 2017
A RESOLUTION
Designating February 8, 2017, as "Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Awareness Day" in Pennsylvania and urging the National
Institutes of Health to recognize "Peripartum Cardiomyopathy
Awareness Day" and to advance research relating to peripartum
cardiomyopathy.
WHEREAS, Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare disorder in
which a pregnant woman's heart becomes weakened and enlarged
during the final stages of pregnancy or within five months of
giving birth; and
WHEREAS, The cause is unknown and patients often have no
history of heart disease; and
WHEREAS, Peripartum cardiomyopathy may occur in childbearing
women of any age but is most common after age 30; and
WHEREAS, Symptoms include breathing difficulty when lying
flat, shortness of breath on exertion, swelling, frequent
nighttime urination, cough, excessive weight gain in the final
month of pregnancy, heart palpitations, chest pain and enlarged
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