TY - JOUR
T1 - Congestive heart failure in pregnancy
T2 - A case of peripartum cardiomyopathy
AU - Rosner, G.
AU - Wolchock Rosner, S. N.
AU - Heller, I.
AU - Topilsky, M.
PY - 2004/9
Y1 - 2004/9
N2 - 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 clinical 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.
AB - 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 clinical 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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AN - SCOPUS:7244231219
SN - 0300-2977
VL - 62
SP - 290
EP - 292
JO - Netherlands Journal of Medicine
JF - Netherlands Journal of Medicine
IS - 8
ER -
