title: Importance of transesophageal echocardiography in peripartum cardiomyopathy undergoing lower section cesarean section under regional anesthesia.
abstract: Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a relatively rare but life threatening disease. The etiology and pathogenesis of peripartum cardiomyopathy is generally centered upon viral and autoimmune mechanism. This case report describes the anesthetic management of a patient with term pregnancy suffering from dilated peripartum cardiomyopathy planned for cesarean section, successfully managed with epidural anesthesia after precipitate labour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, CTC, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Poonam Malhotra
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Kapoor
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, CTC, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Sameer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Goyal
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiac Anaesthesia, CTC, AIIMS, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Kalpana
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Irpachi
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Pt. Madam Mohan Malviya Hospital, New Delhi, India.
authors.forename: Barya
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Smita
keywords: Epidural anesthesia; peripartum dilated cardiomyopathy; precipitate labor