Severe heart failure due to peripartum cardiomyopathy. Issue 5 (9th April 2023)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Michimata, Haruhiko; Sumi, Toshiyuki; Nagayama, Daiki; Koshino, Yuta; Watanabe, Hiroki; Yamada, Yuichi; Chiba, Hirofumi
• Is Part Of: Respirology case reports. Volume 11:Issue 5(2023)
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• Publication Date: 2023-04-09
• Subjects: heart failure -- peripartum cardiac tendinopathy -- pulmonary oedema; Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; 616.2005
• DOI: 10.1002/rcr2.1137
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2051-3380

Abstract

Key message: Perinatal cardiomyopathy presents similarly to dilated cardiomyopathy and should be suspected in perinatal women presenting with dyspnoea, even with no previous history of heart disease. Abstract : Perinatal cardiomyopathy develops during pregnancy or postpartum in women with no history of cardiac disease, presenting similarly to dilated cardiomyopathy. The pathogenesis is unknown but may be associated with both vascular damage and a genetic component. Physicians should consider pulmonary oedema due to perinatal cardiomyopathy in perinatal women with dyspnoea.