Left Ventricular Function in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Cepin, Daniel; James, Frank; Carabello, Blasé A.

doi:10.1378/chest.83.4.701

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“…Regional contraction abnormality, as shown in our patient, has been reported only twice previously in peripartum cardiomyopathy. 5,6 Cepin and colleagues 5 described a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy who presented in pulmonary edema. At catheterization, she had diastolic dysfunction and left ventriculography showed systolic function at the lower limit of normal.…”

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Unusual Left Ventricular Function and Survival in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Bhargava

Singh

Suresh

et al. 2000

Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann

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A 34-year-old woman presented with congestive heart failure 3 months after her third pregnancy. She was stabilized in New York Heart Association functional class II with digoxin and diuretics for 21 years. She was readmitted with worsening symptoms and found to have a regional contraction abnormality. With the addition of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors to her medication, she has been maintained in functional class III for a further 4 years.

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