[Heart failure in female patient in peripartum period - how to determine the aetiology?].
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPM) is an acquired disease of increasing incidence. Its diagnosis and treatment is often problematic.  We report a case of 31-year-old woman who was diagnosed with PPM three weeks after delivery and died nine  months later despite proper therapy.
Klinika Kardiologii Inwazyjnej, CSK MSW, 02–507 Warszawa. katarzyna77.gil@gmail.com
Katarzyna
K
Gil
Jarosław
J
Drożdż
Agnieszka
A
Pawlak
Aleksandra
A
Michałek
Katarzyna
K
Byczkowska
Włodzimierz
W
Koniarek
Robert J
RJ
Gil
D000328:Adult; D001706:Biopsy; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*