A Rare Presentation of Cardiomyopathy in Pregnancy

Elena Donald, MD; Jay Leb, MD; Martin Bialer, MD, PhD; Kelly Axsom, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jun 2020)

A Rare Presentation of Cardiomyopathy in Pregnancy

Elena Donald, MD,
Jay Leb, MD,
Martin Bialer, MD, PhD,
Kelly Axsom, MD

Affiliations

Elena Donald, MD: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York; Address for correspondence: Dr. Elena Donald, New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, 622 West 168th Street, VC 2nd Floor, New York, New York 10032.
Jay Leb, MD: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
Martin Bialer, MD, PhD: Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Northwell Health System, Great Neck, New York
Kelly Axsom, MD: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 7
pp. 1066 – 1069

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Our patient presented in her third trimester of pregnancy with new onset of heart failure. A thorough workup in the initial postpartum period with detailed past medical history, advanced imaging modalities, and a multidisciplinary approach revealed a rare and treatable etiology of cardiomyopathy. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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