title: [Immunosuppression therapy in peripartum myocardiopathy].
abstract: The dramatic clinical recuperation of a thirty years old, Caucasian female, with peripartum cardiomyopathy, treated with azathioprine and prednisolone, is described. The maintenance of the same degree of ventricular dilatation and fractional shortening (14%) on serial echocardiograms inspite of complete regression of cardiac congestion was the most intriguing feature of this clinical case.
authors.affiliation: Hospital de Santa Maria, Serviço de Medicina IV, Lisboa.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Macieira-Coelho
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Brito
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Madeira
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001379:Azathioprine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007744:Obstetric Labor Complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy*; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011859:Radiography
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone; D001379:Azathioprine
vernacular_title: Terapêutica imunosupressora na miocardiopatia periparto.