Recurrent and Life-Threatening Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Summer Aldrugh, MD; Ely Gracia, MD; Colleen M. Harrington, MD; Theo E. Meyer, MD, PhD; Lara C. Kovell, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Apr 2020)

Recurrent and Life-Threatening Peripartum Cardiomyopathy

Summer Aldrugh, MD,
Ely Gracia, MD,
Colleen M. Harrington, MD,
Theo E. Meyer, MD, PhD,
Lara C. Kovell, MD

Affiliations

Summer Aldrugh, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
Ely Gracia, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
Colleen M. Harrington, MD: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
Theo E. Meyer, MD, PhD: Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts
Lara C. Kovell, MD: Address for correspondence: Dr. Lara C. Kovell, University of Massachusetts Medical School, 55 North Lake Avenue, UMass Medical School Building, Worcester, Massachusetts 01650.; Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 4
pp. 681 – 684

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Peripartum cardiomyopathy is an idiopathic reduction in left ventricular systolic function (ejection fraction <45%) toward the end of pregnancy or in the months after delivery. A multidisciplinary approach to management with shock team support is key to identifying and adequately treating patients with refractory heart failure and peripartum 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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