title: Dyspnoea at term in an obese mother.
abstract: Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a serious, potentially life-threatening heart disease of uncertain aetiology in previously healthy women. We report a morbidly obese woman who presented with peripartum shortness of breath. We discuss the differential diagnosis of dyspnoea in pregnancy and highlight the complexity of care of the morbidly obese woman.
authors.affiliation: UCD Centre for Human Reproduction, Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital, Dublin 8, Ireland.
authors.forename: Vicky
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: O'Dwyer
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Farah
authors.forename: Michael J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Turner