Could it have been better? A patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy treated with conventional therapy
Introduction. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a life threatening condition of unknown cause that occurs in previously healthy women. It is characterized by symptoms of heart failure due to left ventricular dysfunction that occurs in the last month of pregnancy or the first five months after delivery...
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Ministry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, University of Defence, Belgrade
2012-01-01
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| description | Introduction. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a life threatening condition of unknown cause that occurs in previously healthy women. It is characterized by symptoms of heart failure due to left ventricular dysfunction that occurs in the last month of pregnancy or the first five months after delivery. Case report. We presented woman who underwent caesarean section due to preeclampsia. Two weeks after delivery first signs of heart failure appeared and only after six weeks following the onset of symptoms peripartal cardiomyopathy was recognized. A conventional treatment with diuretics, ACE inhibitor and beta blocker along with anticoagulant therapy was applied, which resulted in a complete recovery of the left ventricular function four months after. Conclusion. Timely detection and initiation of treatment are an important precondition for the complete or partial recovery. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-80026c05b49748bfa18f6fbbf715972a2025-08-20T03:07:09ZengMinistry of Defence of the Republic of Serbia, University of Defence, BelgradeVojnosanitetski Pregled0042-84502012-01-0169652653010.2298/VSP1206526ICould it have been better? A patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy treated with conventional therapyIvanović BranislavaTadić MarijanaMaksimović RužicaOrbović BojanaIntroduction. Peripartum cardiomyopathy is a life threatening condition of unknown cause that occurs in previously healthy women. It is characterized by symptoms of heart failure due to left ventricular dysfunction that occurs in the last month of pregnancy or the first five months after delivery. Case report. We presented woman who underwent caesarean section due to preeclampsia. Two weeks after delivery first signs of heart failure appeared and only after six weeks following the onset of symptoms peripartal cardiomyopathy was recognized. A conventional treatment with diuretics, ACE inhibitor and beta blocker along with anticoagulant therapy was applied, which resulted in a complete recovery of the left ventricular function four months after. Conclusion. Timely detection and initiation of treatment are an important precondition for the complete or partial recovery.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2012/0042-84501206526I.pdfpregnancy complications, cardiovascularcardiomypathiesdiagnosisdrug therapytreatment outcome |
| spellingShingle | Ivanović Branislava Tadić Marijana Maksimović Ružica Orbović Bojana Could it have been better? A patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy treated with conventional therapy Vojnosanitetski Pregled pregnancy complications, cardiovascular cardiomypathies diagnosis drug therapy treatment outcome |
| title | Could it have been better? A patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy treated with conventional therapy |
| title_full | Could it have been better? A patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy treated with conventional therapy |
| title_fullStr | Could it have been better? A patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy treated with conventional therapy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Could it have been better? A patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy treated with conventional therapy |
| title_short | Could it have been better? A patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy treated with conventional therapy |
| title_sort | could it have been better a patient with peripartum cardiomyopathy treated with conventional therapy |
| topic | pregnancy complications, cardiovascular cardiomypathies diagnosis drug therapy treatment outcome |
| url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0042-8450/2012/0042-84501206526I.pdf |
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