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Year : 2014 | Volume
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A rare case of peripartum cardiomyopathy
Shilpa Chaudhari, Priyanka Gupta, Himadri Bal, Devika Bharat Bhikane
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Dr. D. Y. Patil Medical College, Hospital and Research Centre, Dr. D. Y. Patil Vidyapeeth, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Correspondence Address:
Devika Bharat Bhikane Ganga Skies, D1 flat no 803, Sant Tukaram Nagar, Pune - 411 018, Maharashtra India
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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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