title: Anesthetic experience using extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cesarean section in the patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy: a case report.
abstract: Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a rare form of cardiomyopathy that is associated with significant mortality. It can cause a cardiac arrest during cesarean section even though the patient does not have any previous symptom and sign. The most important thing of anesthesia in this patient is an optimization of hemodynamic and respiratory status. We report the successful general anesthesia using of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for cesarean section in a 34-year-old woman with fulminant peripartum cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Han-Young
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Hyung-Joon
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Jeon
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Hyun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jong-Hyuk
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Gang-Geon
authors.initials: GG
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Eulji University Hospital, Daejeon, Korea.
authors.forename: Seong-Chang
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Woo
keywords: Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation; General anesthesia; Peripartum cardiomyopathy