Congestive heart failure in pregnancy: a case of peripartum cardiomyopathy.
A healthy 28-year-old woman developed full-blown pulmonary oedema in the 36th week of gestation. Echocardiography revealed a globally enlarged heart with reduced systolic function. A remarkable dinical response with regain of normal ventricular function was noted with early medical intervention. This case report illustrates peripartum cardiomyopathy, a unique form of dilated cardiomyopathy affecting women during/following gestation. Clinician familiarity with this entity increases the probability of prompt appropriate treatment, offering patients the best possible prognosis.
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Department of Internal Medicine H, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, Affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, 6 Weizmann Street, Tel Aviv, Israel. guyr@tasmc.health.gov.il
Wolchock Rosner
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D000328:Adult; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D011263:Pregnancy Trimester, Third
D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors