title: [Peripartum cardiomyopathy: a rare, unknown and potentially fatal disease].
abstract: Peripartum cardiomyopathy occurs in women with no prior history of cardiac dysfunction, and is presented by left heart failure. It occurs late in pregnancy or in the months after delivery. Rare in Europe, it is not well-known by obstetricians. The prognosis can be good with restitutio in integrum of the maternal cardiac function but the outcome can be dramatic and lead to death of the patient as the case in this report.
authors.affiliation: Normandie Université, 14000 Caen, France; Service de gynécologie-obstétrique et médecine de la reproduction, pôle Femme-Enfant, CHU de Caen, avenue de la Côte-de-Nacre, 14033 Caen cedex 9, France.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Massou
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Lebon
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Vardon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Dreyfus
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benoist
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D002585:Cesarean Section; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D017359:HELLP Syndrome / Q000628:therapy; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006353:Heart-Assist Devices; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D011247:Pregnancy; D011644:Puerperal Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy
keywords: Bromocriptine; Cardiac failure; Cardiopathie du péripartum; Dyspnée du postpartum; Insuffisance cardiaque; Peripartum cardiomyopathy; Postpartum dyspnea