Volume 12, Issue 1, November 2014, Pages 157–160
Abdellah Babahabib1, Youssef Benabdejlil2, Moulay El Mehdi ElHassani3, Jaouad Kouach4, Driss Moussaoui5, and Mohammed Dehayni6
1 Department of obstetrics & gynecology, Military Training Hospital Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco
2 Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
3 Department of Gynecology- Military Training Hospital Med V, Rabat, Morocco
4 Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco
5 Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
6 Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
Original language: English
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare cardiac disorder of unknown origin associated with a high risk of mortality (50%). Echocardiography confirms the diagnosis by showing a left ventricular dilatation and a decreased ejection fraction. Up to date, the treatment remains symptomatic. The authors report the case of a woman of 36 years old who presented a peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Author Keywords: peripartum, cardiomyopathy, pregnancy, heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction.
Abdellah Babahabib1, Youssef Benabdejlil2, Moulay El Mehdi ElHassani3, Jaouad Kouach4, Driss Moussaoui5, and Mohammed Dehayni6
1 Department of obstetrics & gynecology, Military Training Hospital Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco
2 Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
3 Department of Gynecology- Military Training Hospital Med V, Rabat, Morocco
4 Faculté de Médecine et de Pharmacie, Université Mohamed V, Rabat, Morocco
5 Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
6 Department of Gynecology-Obstetric, Military Training Hospital Med V, Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco
Original language: English
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Peripartum cardiomyopathy (PPCM) is a rare cardiac disorder of unknown origin associated with a high risk of mortality (50%). Echocardiography confirms the diagnosis by showing a left ventricular dilatation and a decreased ejection fraction. Up to date, the treatment remains symptomatic. The authors report the case of a woman of 36 years old who presented a peripartum cardiomyopathy.
Author Keywords: peripartum, cardiomyopathy, pregnancy, heart failure, left ventricular dysfunction.
How to Cite this Article
Abdellah Babahabib, Youssef Benabdejlil, Moulay El Mehdi ElHassani, Jaouad Kouach, Driss Moussaoui, and Mohammed Dehayni, “Peripartum cardiomyopathy: A case report,” International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 157–160, November 2014.
