Cardiac activity in the postpartum period. W. Haupt (Zeit. für Kreislaufforschung, 1928, No. 11)

Having studied 11 women before and during the postpartum period, the author concluded that the heart of a woman during the postpartum period performs increased work against the norm, that even during the postpartum period there remains a danger of cardiac complications in cardiac patients, and that medical observation of the latter during the first 4-6 weeks after delivery is as important as observation of them before delivery.