Congestive heart failure in pregnancy: a case of peripartum cardiomyopathy.
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A healthy 28-year-old woman developed full-blown pulmonary oedema in the 36th week of gestation. Echocardiography revealed a globally enlarged heart with reduced systolic function. A remarkable dinical response with regain of normal ventricular function was noted with early medical intervention. This case report illustrates peripartum cardiomyopathy, a unique form of dilated cardiomyopathy affecting women during/following gestation. Clinician familiarity with this entity increases the probability of prompt appropriate treatment, offering patients the best possible prognosis.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- The Netherlands journal of medicine
دوره 62 8 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2004