title: Peripartum cardiomyopathy in a patient with Graves' disease.
abstract: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare life-threatening cardiomyopathy of unknown etiology that occurs during the peripartum period in previously healthy women. Autoimmune and viral factors have been suggested to be involved in PPCM. Here we describe a patient with Graves' disease, which is one of the organ-specific autoimmune diseases, who developed acute heart failure due to PPCM at 2 weeks after her first delivery. The patient recovered completely with conservative treatment for heart failure. An association between PPCM and Graves' disease has not been reported before. PPCM may be an organ-specific autoimmune disease, so the coexistence of other autoimmune diseases should be considered in PPCM patients.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kajiya
authors.forename: Souki
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Yusuke
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Kamizono
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Imamura
authors.forename: Koichi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Toyonaga
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Toda
authors.forename: Nobuyuki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Koriyama
authors.forename: Chuwa
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tei
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005260:Female; D006111:Graves Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D058725:Peripartum Period; D011247:Pregnancy; D011249:Pregnancy Complications, Cardiovascular / Q000175:diagnosis; D011859:Radiography