Peripartum cardiomyopathy: a rare cause of acute heart failure.
Tabea Cornelia Elisabeth VogelStephan SchneiterThomas Hans FehrPublished in: BMJ case reports (2022)
A woman in her early 30s presented herself with acute dyspnoea and elevated D-dimers 5 weeks after delivery of her second child. Echocardiographic findings showed signs of acute left ventricular failure, and an MRI confirmed a non-ischaemic dilated left heart failure compatible with peripartum cardiomyopathy. The antihormonal therapy with bromocriptine during 6 weeks and an intensive heart failure therapy led to an amelioration of the heart function within 3 years, but full recovery was not yet observed.
Keyphrases
- heart failure
- acute heart failure
- left ventricular
- liver failure
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- respiratory failure
- atrial fibrillation
- drug induced
- magnetic resonance imaging
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- mitral valve
- aortic dissection
- left atrial
- gestational age
- contrast enhanced
- stem cells
- pulmonary hypertension
- mental health
- magnetic resonance
- diffusion weighted imaging
- mesenchymal stem cells
- coronary artery disease
- computed tomography
- preterm birth