title: Pre-eclampsia with acute heart failure postpartum as primary manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus.
abstract: Pre-eclampsia occurs in 2-5% of pregnancies of healthy women. Here, we present a rare case of pre-eclampsia with overt acute heart failure, which was the primary manifestation of systemic lupus erythematosus with cardiac and renal involvement.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University Hospital, CH-3010 Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hildbrand
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Eigenmann
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gugger
authors.forename: H P
authors.initials: HP
authors.lastname: Marti
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hullin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007234:Infant, Premature; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008423:Maternal Age; D010298:Parity; D049590:Postpartum Period; D011225:Pre-Eclampsia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011256:Pregnancy Outcome; D018570:Risk Assessment; D012720:Severity of Illness Index