title: [Peripartum cardiomyopathy--a case report].
abstract: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM), a disorder of heart muscle, presents with the onset of cardiac failure in the last month of pregnancy or in the first 5 postpartum months. A patient with foudroyant clinical course is presented. Despite detailed clinical investigations and postmortem examination no aetiological factor was found. Diagnostic and therapeutic possibilities are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology
vernacular_title: Peripartale Kardiomyopathie--ein Fallbericht.