Peripartum cardiomyopathy: a case report.

Hoffmann, A C; Masouyé, P; Rifat, K; Suter, P M · Acta Anaesthesiol Scand · 1991

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Peripartum cardiomyopathy is characterized by congestive left ventricular failure appearing during the last trimester of pregnancy or during the 6 months following delivery, without any specific etiology or pre-existing cardiac disease. The present report describes the case history of a woman presenting with severe cardiac failure immediately after the delivery of twins.

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