CASE REPORT
Year : 2014  |  Volume : 7  |  Issue : 6  |  Page : 777-779

A rare case of peripartum cardiomyopathy


Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India

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Devika Bharat Bhikane
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DOI: 10.4103/0975-2870.144880

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Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is defined as acute onset heart failure without demonstrable cause in the last month of pregnancy or within the first 5 months after delivery. All other causes of dilated cardiomyopathy with heart failure must be systematically excluded before accepting the diagnosis of PPCM. Such a case is reported where a 4th gravida undergoing lower segment caesarean section (LSCS) for pre-eclampsia with abruptio placenta and fetal distress landed up with pulmonary edema and later diagnosed as PPCM. She was diligently managed and subsequently followed up for 6 months and complete reversal of her cardiac function was confirmed.


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