[Immunosuppression therapy in peripartum myocardiopathy].
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.
Macieira-Coelho
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Hospital de Santa Maria, Serviço de Medicina IV, Lisboa.
Brito
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Madeira
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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
D011239:Prednisolone; D001379:Azathioprine
Terapêutica imunosupressora na miocardiopatia periparto.