title: Peripartum Cardiomyopathy in Intensive Care Unit: An Update.
abstract: Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a systolic heart failure that occurs during the last month of pregnancy or within 5 months after delivery. It is an uncommon disease of unknown etiopathogenesis and has a very high rate of maternal mortality. Because of similarity between symptoms of PPCM and physiological discomforts during pregnancy, the early diagnosis of PPCM presents a major challenge. Since hemodynamic changes during PPCM can vitally jeopardize the mother and the fetus, patients with severe forms of PPCM require a multidisciplinary approach in intensive care units. This review summarizes the current state of knowledge about the diagnosis, monitoring, and the treatment of PPCM. Having reviewed the recent researches, it gives insight into the new treatment strategies of this rare disease.
authors.affiliation: Center for Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, Clinical Center of Nis , Nis , Serbia.
authors.forename: Vesna
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Dinic
authors.affiliation: Center for Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, Clinical Center of Nis , Nis , Serbia.
authors.forename: Danica
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Markovic
authors.affiliation: Center for Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, Clinical Center of Nis , Nis , Serbia.
authors.forename: Nenad
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Savic
authors.affiliation: Center for Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, Clinical Center of Nis , Nis , Serbia.
authors.forename: Marija
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kutlesic
authors.affiliation: Center for Anesthesiology and Reanimatology, Clinical Center of Nis , Nis , Serbia ; Department for Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, School of Medicine, University of Nis , Nis , Serbia.
authors.forename: Radmilo J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Jankovic
keywords: heart failure; monitoring; peripartum cardiomyopathy; pregnancy; treatment