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Peripartum Cardiomyopathy : A Case Report and A Current Review

Seerasa Saeneaw

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A 28 years old woman without underlying disease developed left side heart failure one week aftercaesarean section. Echocardiography showed dilated cardiomyopathy, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was 27 percent. Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is the diagnosis. Treatment is the same as for other forms of congestive heart failure, but only angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are contraindication in pregnancy. She was fully recovered. Follow up at 1, 3 weeks, she could take care her baby. The second pregnancy is counseled against, because PPCM will recur in approximately 30 percent of case. Keywords : Peripartum cardiomyopathy, cardiomyopathy in pregnancy, dilated cardiomyopathy.

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A 28 years old woman without underlying disease developed left side heart failure one week aftercaesarean section. Echocardiography showed dilated cardiomyopathy, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was 27 percent. Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is the diagnosis. Treatment is the same as for other forms of congestive heart failure, but only angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are contraindication in pregnancy. She was fully recovered. Follow up at 1, 3 weeks, she could take care her baby. The second pregnancy is counseled against, because PPCM will recur in approximately 30 percent of case. Keywords : Peripartum cardiomyopathy, cardiomyopathy in pregnancy, dilated cardiomyopathy.

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A 28 years old woman without underlying disease developed left side heart failure one week aftercaesarean section. Echocardiography showed dilated cardiomyopathy, left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) was 27 percent. Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is the diagnosis. Treatment is the same as for other forms of congestive heart failure, but only angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are contraindication in pregnancy. She was fully recovered. Follow up at 1, 3 weeks, she could take care her baby. The second pregnancy is counseled against, because PPCM will recur in approximately 30 percent of case. Keywords : Peripartum cardiomyopathy, cardiomyopathy in pregnancy, dilated cardiomyopathy.

Key concepts: Peripartum cardiomyopathy, Medicine, Dilated cardiomyopathy, Heart failure, Cardiology, Cardiomyopathy, Ejection fraction, Internal medicine

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